CHRISTIAN POST/ Samuel Smith-
Reports have indicated that Pakistani Christian mother Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen), who spent years on death row, left Pakistan and arrived in Canada.
A British diplomat told the London-based British Pakistani Christian Association on Wednesday morning that Bibi safely left Pakistan after months of delay following the acquittal of her blasphemy charge by Pakistan’s Supreme Court last year.
Her lawyer, Saif ul Malook, told the BBC that she already arrived in Canada.
She and her husband, Ashiq Masih, have been living the last few months in protective
custody and under fear of death threats from Islamic extremists who have also called for the deaths of the justices that issued her acquittal.
Bibi and her husband have been waiting to leave for Canada, where her daughters have relocated.
“Asia Bibi on her way to Canada to be reunited with her daughters! Such great news!” Nadine Maenza, a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, tweeted, citing The Daily Mail report. “Praying for her health and reunion with her family.” Continue reading…
