LAHORE:
A Christian man accused of blasphemy in Jaranwala will appeal against a death sentence issued by an anti -terrorism court, his lawyer said on Saturday.
The 36 -year -old was convicted of blasphemy for accusations that he had desecrated the Sacred Koran, who fed attacks on a Christian neighborhood in 2023 in which hundreds of houses and churches were burned and thousands of people forced to flee from their homes.
“We will present an appeal in the Superior Court against it,” said his lawyer Akmal Bhatti to Reuters, referring to the verdict delivered Friday night.
