The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has ordered for deletion of life imprisonment term from “Tahafaz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat” law, saying sentence in blasphemy case is only death sentence and awarding any other punishment in this respect is not lawful.
A five-member larger bench of the FSC, headed by Justice Fida Hussain, was hearing a contempt of court petition filed by Hashmat Habib on Wednesday. While pronouncing the judgment, the bench said the FSC had given a decision in 1990 that life imprisonment, mentioned with death sentence in blasphemy law should be deleted as any blasphemous act is not acceptable and the blasphemer is liable to be punished under death penalty.
Hashmat Habib had filed petition in FSC that court’s 1990 decision has not been implemented so far. He prayed the court to issue orders for implementation of this verdict besides initiating contempt of court proceedings against those who have failed to implement the decision.
Edited by: M Ahmad Tauqir
It is just extension of Taliban regime in Pakistan.
Good news. I hope it gets implemented soon.
This is just another source of terror perpetrated by the mullahs…now every person who believes in another religion is subject to attack by radicals…this law is an attack on freedom of speech and freedom of religion…this law is often abused and used for settling scores…it should be removed from the books and banned as completely outdated..the slavery of the masses by the mullahs continues…
What a shame? All religions are equal. Blasphemy is a world crime, useless and lowest of the low.
This super dose of islam is already ruining that society. There is no hope in sight. I think the damage is permeant as there are more cousin marriages that produce low IQ generations and they can easily be islamized and radicalized. Islam promotes cousin marriages.
Punishing blasphemy….the last refuge of weak religions and weak minds.
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