A Pakistani court has given the death sentence to a man from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province who was convicted for blasphemy for allegedly insulting the Prophet.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Azhar Ali Khan of Chitral district on Wednesday sentenced capital punishment to Hazrat Ali Shah, who was booked under the controversial blasphemy law on March 10 last year for allegedly making sacrilegious remarks against the Prophet, according to a media report on Thursday.
The people of Shah’s village had filed a complaint against him. Scores of villagers appeared in the court as witnesses, the Dawn reported.
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Shah’s relatives, including his mother and brother, have announced that they have dissociated themselves from him over his remarks against the Prophet.
The judge also directed Shah to pay a fine of Rs 100,000 and gave him a 10—year prison term.
Officials said this was the first time a person was booked and punished for blasphemy in Chitral.
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