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Pak court orders execution of Christian woman for 'blasphemy' | A Pakistani court has sentenced a Christian woman to death for blasphemy in a first such conviction in the country. A local court in Nankana district sentenced 45-year-old Aasia
Bibi on Monday, the Daily Times reported. Aasia's case dates back to June 2009
when she was asked to fetch water while out working in fields. But a group of
Muslim women labourers objected, saying that as a non-Muslim she should not touch
the water bowl. A few days later, the women went to a local cleric and alleged
that Aasia had made derogatory remarks against the religious personalities. The
cleric went to local police, which opened an investigation. The 45-year-old was
arrested in Ittanwalai village and prosecuted under Section 295C of the Pakistan
Penal Code, which carries death penalty. Sentencing her to be hanged, Judge Naveed
Iqbal totally ruled out any chance that Aasia was falsely implicated, saying that
there were no mitigating circumstances. However, her husband Ashiq Masih said
that the case was baseless and he would file an appeal against the verdict.
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