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Sharing blasphemous content on social media: ATC awards death sentence to Lahore man

LAHORE: A 30-year-old man was sentenced to death for sharing blasphemous content about Islam on social media, a government prosecutor said.

The accused was awarded the sentence by an Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) in Bahawalpur.

According to the prosecutor, the accused, who belongs to the Shia community, had allegedly posted derogatory content about prominent Sunni religious figures and wives of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on Facebook.

“He was arrested last year by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) from Bahawalpur and a case was registered against him at CTD Multan police station,” he said.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.