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| Family accused of blasphemy seeks justice |
| 2011-01-19 |
| [Pak Daily Times] A family from Sialkot has appealed to government officials to provide them with justice and security. According to details, Amar Ali and Nazia Amar, who were accused of desecrating the holy Koran in Sialkot, protested at the Bloody Karachi Press Club on Tuesday denying the allegation levelled against them. Talking to journalists, Amar Ali said that his business competitors might be behind the conspiracy against him and his family. He said that he belonged to a very noble and religious family and could not even think of committing such an evil deed. He said that their business and family lives had been totally ruined after the incident and they were being forced to live out of their homes in order to survive. He expressed the fear that after the tragic murder of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, how could a person survive with allegations of blasphemy in Pakistain and in the presence of the "worst religious extremism and intolerance" in society, where even high-ups cannot raise their voices against the blasphemy law. Talking to journalists, he claimed that law enforcers were continuously searching their family houses in order to arrest them. "They are only investigating the case with a typical religious mindset, instead of resolving it with justice," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |