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The three ladies — Razia Hanfi, Ayesha Naumani, and Umra Aman — from Jamia Islamia Falahul Binaat seminary in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province had been arrested two years in the past for murdering their trainer, Safoora Bibi, alleging she had dedicated blasphemy.
The assault befell on the seminary’s gate the place the convicted college students beat their trainer with sticks earlier than slitting her throat.
After studying of the incident, the trainer’s uncle had knowledgeable police that his niece had been tortured and killed on the street. Knives and sticks had been recovered from the accused following their arrest.
Subsequently, police stated, the accused had confessed to the crime, claiming {that a} teenage relative had dreamt of the sufferer committing blasphemy.
The pair sentenced to loss of life are aged 23 and 24 whereas the one sentenced to life in jail is 16 years outdated, public prosecutor Tanseer Ali stated. “The court docket sentenced Hanfi and Aman to loss of life. The third accused was sentenced to life imprisonment since she was beneath 18 when the crime befell,” Ali added.
In Muslim-majority Pakistan, even unsubstantiated claims of blasphemy have sparked violent acts of vigilantism. Final month, police had been compelled to intervene in Lahore when a lady sporting a shirt adorned with Arabic calligraphy was surrounded by a mob accusing her of blasphemy.
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