Pakistans Islamist party says judges who acquitted Christian woman deserve death

Pakistans Islamist party says judges who acquitted Christian woman deserve death

A hard-line Islamist party in Pakistan has called for the death of the countrys Supreme Court judges..

A hard-line Islamist party in Pakistan has called for the death of the countrys Supreme Court judges responsible for overturning the death sentence of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, Reuters reports.

“The patron in chief of TLP, Muhammad Afzal Qadri, has issued the edict that says the chief justice and all those who ordered the release of Asia deserve death,” TLP party spokesman Ejaz Ashraf said, as cited by the news agency.

READ MORE: Pakistani court overturns blasphemy death penalty for Christian woman

The Tehreek-e-Labaik (TLP) party called for the death of the chief justice and two other judges in Pakistans highest court after they spared the life of Asia Bibi, 47, who was convicted of blasphemy in 2010.

The party also demanded Prime Minister Imran Khans government be ousted following the courts order.

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