Leader Online Desk : A court in Pakistan's Punjab province has sentenced a 22-year-old student to death for sending photos and videos with blasphemous messages on WhatsApp, reports said. 'BBC'is given by The court has also clarified that the 17-year-old student was sentenced to life imprisonment instead of death as he was a minor.
Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan. However, no one has been executed by the state so far. However, many accused have been killed by angry mobs for such acts. A complaint was filed in 2022 by the Cyber ​​Crime Unit of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Lahore for blasphemy on WhatsApp. The complainant alleged that he received the videos and photos from three different mobile phone numbers. The FIA ​​claimed that the investigation found that the obscene video had been sent by the student.
In August 2023, more than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized for allegedly causing religious discord.
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