{"id":372,"date":"2018-04-22T23:30:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T22:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2018\/04\/22\/asia-bibi-supreme-court-appeal-to-be-given-trial-date-soon\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T05:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T04:27:52","slug":"asia-bibi-supreme-court-appeal-to-be-given-trial-date-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/asia-bibi-supreme-court-appeal-to-be-given-trial-date-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Bibi Supreme Court appeal to be given trial date soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday announced that the Supreme Court will hear Asia Bibi&#8217;s appeal against her blasphemy<br \/>\n    case soon.&nbsp; He also&nbsp; gave an order for a restoration of full security provisions to Asia Bibi&#8217;s counsel Advocate Said Ul-Malook<\/p>\n<p>Justice Nisar directed the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IG),&nbsp;Capt. (R) Arif Nawaz Khan, to restore the provision of police security to&nbsp;<br \/>\n    Saif Ul-Malook.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Justice Nisar explained that he personally knows Saif&nbsp; Ul-Malook and stated that he believes that his requests for additional<br \/>\n    protective security protocol are legitimate.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court had on Friday directed federal and provincial governments to withdraw police protocol provided to unentitled individuals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Asia\u2019s counsel had requested provision of security since the cases he is in-charge of are sensitive.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Saqib Nisar also confirmed that the apex court, headed by himself, will hear the appeal against the death sentence handed to Asia Bibi in her<br \/>\n    blasphemy conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, said:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;This news is heartening but we are still a long way of from justice for Asia Bibi who has suffered great brutality, enforced isolation and daily     threats to her life, simply for drinking water from a well designated for Muslims.&nbsp;     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;There is no guarantee that Asia Bibi will be set free, and appeal hearing is what it is, it is an opportunity to set down a case for the acquittal     for her, but Asia has already failed an appeal in the Lahore High Court.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;The fact that the Chief Justice Saqib Nisar is responsible for the case is encouraging as he recently set up a complaints office for minorities in Lahore Supreme Court and for all intents and purposes seems genuinely committed to helping minority plaintiffs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;However I will reserve my judgement till the trial is complete and Asia is set free.&nbsp; Only freedom for Asia Bibi would convince me of the integrity of his efforts, as any other decision would simply be malicious.&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">If you would like to help sustain the family of Asia Bibi please <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/britishpakistanichristians.worldsecuresystems.com\/donate\" style=\"font-size: 24px;\">(click here)<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"> for options on how to donate.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Please sign our petition<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.getpetition.com\/petitions\/justice4asia\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b> (click here)<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday announced that the Supreme Court will hear Asia Bibi&#8217;s appeal against her blasphemy case soon.&nbsp; He also&nbsp; gave an order for a restoration of full security provisions to Asia Bibi&#8217;s counsel Advocate Said Ul-Malook Justice Nisar directed the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IG),&nbsp;Capt. 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