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Blasphemy Acquitted Woman Banned from Leaving Pakistan

Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi has been banned from leaving Pakistan, despite being acquitted of blasphemy.

Pakistan's authorities have struck a deal with a hard-line Islamist party to end a protest over the acquittal of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. As part of the deal, proceedings will begin to bar Asia Bibi from leaving the country.

Also on the programme: Aid supplies reach a remote Syrian refugee camp that's been cut off for 10 months; and we hear from a WWE wrestling fan disappointed that the company went ahead with a major fixture this weekend in the Saudi capital Riyadh, in spite of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

(Picture: Pakistani activists of the Islamic Jamiat-e-Ittihad ul Ulema party during a protest in Karachi. Credit: RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)

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  • Sat 3 Nov 201821:06GMT

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