A Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian man who was sentenced to death for blasphemy five years ago, his lawyer said.
Police in lahore, the country’s second largest city, arrested Younas Masih, 34, and registered a case against him under the controversial blasphemy law on November 9, 2005.
It was alleged that Masih had uttered derogatory remarks about “Qawwalis” performed at a Sufi gathering that fell within ambit of blasphemy. In 2008, a court sentenced Masih to death and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs 1,00,000. Masih challenged the sentence in lahore High Court.