
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.
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(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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