lawyer of Asia Bibi Says She Should Leave Pakistan

Islamabad: The lawyer of Christian woman Asia Bibi, who was acquitted of blasphemy charges by the Supreme Court, on Thursday said that his client should leave Pakistan for her safety amid widespread protests by radical Islamist groups, a day after her death sentence was annulled. “She is not safe in Pakistan and she will have to leave the country,” Saif-ul-Malook told Efe news, adding that he might also have to leave the country to protect himself. The Christian woman’s lawyer said that she had not been released from Multan prison yet and the process could take many days, the report said. (IANS)

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