In a landmark judgement, The Lahore High Court has acquitted a Christian couple who was on death row for seven years on the charges of alleged blasphemy.
“I have to confess that after the justices had given their verdict I wept,” the lawyer of the acquitted couple told Catholic Charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
“There were times when I wondered if, after so long, justice would ever prevail in this case,” he added.
The couple’s lawyer said that the case against the couple was always weak. “Who is responsible for taking eight years for justice to prevail?”
The couple was arrested in 2013, under Section 295C on the charge of sending alleged blasphemous text messages.
