Christian couple arrested in Gojra on blasphemy to seek bail

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Gojra, Pakistan: July 29, 2013. (Shamim Masih) Shagufta Kausar accused of blasphemy case seeks bail on 1st August in Additional Session Judge in Gojra. World Vision In Progress – WVIP filed the bail application for the Shagufta today in the court of the Additional Session Judge. Police sources told that due to unavoidable reasons, they couldn’t investigate the case accordingly so the official requested the court to hear the matter on August 1, 2013. Family of the accused couple requested WVIP to provide legal assistance to Shagufta and Shafaqat accused of blasphemy case. WVIP management has assigned this duty to its legal team consist of Advocate Salvance Jacob and Nadeem Hassan. Tahir Naveed Ch, attorney of Rimsha has also offered his voluntarily services to WVIP in this case. WVIP accepted his services with thanks and has included him in the attorney penal for couple. Earlier the couple was arrested in sending blasphemous text messages and was arrested last week.

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