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Woman at centre of blasphemy row still in Pakistan: foreign ministry
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A Pakistani Christian woman who spent
eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail but is still
in the country after being flown out of the city of Multan where she was
being held, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
Foreign ministry spokesman Muhammad Faisal denied media reports that Asia
Bibi had left the country, telling AFP: “She is in Pakistan”.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1150 hrs