London: September 27, 2014. (PCP) A Pakistani policeman tried to shoot dead a British national facing the death penalty for blasphemy. On Thursday, 25 September Muhammad Asghar, 70, was shot by a policeman on duty in Adiala Jail. He was charged under the blasphemy law in 2010 for claiming that he was a prophet and earlier this year he was sentenced to death. British Prime Minister David Cameron had raised his concern about Asghar and the misuse of the blasphemy law with Pakistan's government. Muhammad Asghar is from Edinburgh, Scotland and has a history of mental illness, paranoid schizophrenia. We have news that Muhammad Asghar survived the attack and is still in District Head Quarter hospital Rawalpindi. Zaffar Bhatti, charged under blasphemy law for sending text messages derogatory to the Prophet Mohammed's mother, is also detained in the same prison. His trial is being conducted in jail because of threats to his life. CLAAS is involved in Zaffar's case and his next hearing is due on 1st October. Nasir Saeed, Director CLAAS-UK, said: "The misuse of the blasphemy law continues to rise. Recently a Muslim professor was killed in Karachi for his liberal views after blasphemy accusations. "The law needs changes to stop its misuse but the present and previous governments have failed to pass any legislation to stop its misuse, while people who are charged under the blasphemy law continue to lose their lives, whether they are in jail or in hiding. "Several people charged under the blasphemy law have been attacked and killed in prison, while other have been lynched by mobs in vigilante killings." Mr Saeed further stated that the Pakistani government must take steps to stop the misuse of the blasphemy law, the killing of innocent people and those who are detained in prison. "Their protection is the responsibility of the government," he concluded.