COURT STAYS PARDON OF PAKISTANI WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH

in Pakistan, the Lahore High Court restrained Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari from granting pardon to Christian woman Aasia Bibi, who was sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy. Khwaja Muhammad Sharif, chief justice of the Lahore High Court, said as the case was under trial, the question of pardon was 'premature'.