A court in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday sentenced a Christian man to death for allegedly committing blasphemy.
Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been in custody since 2013, when he was accused of sending blasphemous text messages to a former boss at work, the man’s lawyer, Saif-ul-Malook, recently told Al Jazeera.
“He denied the allegations and said that this man was trying to get him to convert to Islam,” Malook added.
During his testimony on Tuesday, Pervaiz denied the charges and said that his supervisor accused him of sending blasphemous text messages after he refused to change his religion.
“He has taken this defense after the fact, because he had no other clear defense,” Khokher’s lawyer, Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry, told Al Jazeera. “That’s why he accused him of trying to convert him.”
Under Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws, those found guilty of the crime can be issued the death penalty.
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