Witnesses against Muslim Cleric in Rimsha Masih case withdraw

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ISLAMABAD: October 1, 2012. (Shamim Masih): The witness who came forward against Qari Muhammad Khalid Chishti, who is accused of adding pages from Quran into ashes bag to strengthen the blasphemy case against Rismsha, withdraws their statements, on Monday. The witness includes Hafiz Zubair, Hafiz Awais and Khurram Shehzad sworn and said that the police had pressurized them into recording the statement in writing and under oath against Jadoon. Earlier Syad Wajid Ali Gilani, Jadoon’s lawyer has submitted his bail application today, but the court adjourned the hearing in Jadoon’s bail plea until Tuesday. Earlier, police officials investigating the case had submitted an interim charge-sheet to the trail court, declaring Muhammad Khalid Jadoon Chishti guilty. Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday extended the stay on blasphemy trial against Rimsha Masih till October 17. IHC Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman resumed hearing of a petition seeking nullification of an FIR registered against Christian girl, Rimsha on blasphemy charges. During today’s hearing, a representative of the prosecution lawyer told the court that the lawyer was not present in Islamabad and subsequently requested the bench for more time. Earlier on Sept 28, the IHC Chief Justice had stayed the blasphemy trial of the minor Christian girl in order to first hear on Oct 1 her petition for quashing the FIR registered against her.

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On demand of our readers, I have decided to release E-Book version of "Trial of Pakistani Christian Nation" on website of PCP which can also be viewed on website of Pakistan Christian Congress www.pakistanchristiancongress.org . You can read chapter wise by clicking tab on left handside of PDF format of E-Book.

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