STRASBOURG- The European parliament today called on Pakistan to overhaul its blasphemy laws with a view to repealing them, saying they were “increasingly used to target” Christians.
The European parliament expressed particular concern about the case of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death four years ago for making blasphemous statements during an argument with a woman over a bowl of water.
Her sentence was upheld last month by a high court in Lahore, dashing hopes the conviction might be overturned or commuted to a jail term.
Members of the European parliament in Strasbourg, France expressed their concern that blasphemy laws “are increasingly used to target minority groups in Pakistan.”