Pakistan to give verdict on blasphemy case

A DEFENCE lawyer says Pakistan’s top court is set to announce a final verdict on a Christian woman sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges.

Saiful Malook, a lawyer for Asia Bibi, says the Supreme Court will announce a verdict today, and that he is “hopeful for Bibi’s acquittal”.

Bibi was arrested in 2009 after a quarrel with Muslim women.