MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH UNDER BLASPHEMY LAW IN PAKISTAN

Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death by Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Riaz Ahmed in Bahawalpur city, Pakistan, for committing blasphemy. Rafiq, a resident of Jalalpur Peerwala, was also fined Rs 200,000. In February 2010, Rafiq was caught by local residents with a wooden slab around his neck that was inscribed with blasphemous remarks about the 'Sahaba Ikrams'.