Asia Bibi Case: Federal govt has no plan to put her name on ECL

On Thursday, the complainant in Asia Bibi case, Qari Muhammad Salaam, filed a review petition through his counsel Azhar Siddiqui against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn her conviction in the blasphemy case, Newsone reported.

A day earlier, the apex court had acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman condemned to death on blasphemy charges, after accepting an appeal against her sentence.

In the review petition, filed at the Lahore registry of the apex court, the complainant has urged the Supreme Court to reconsider it yesterday’s decision granting Asia Bibi’s acquittal.