THE HAGUE: The Pakistani attorney of a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy Saturday jetted out of the Netherlands to "hopefully assist his client for the last time" in a Pakistani courtroom hearing, a Dutch MP stated.
Saif-ul-Malook fled to the Netherlands from Pakistan in November final year after violent protests erupted over the Pakistani Supreme Court's decision to overturn the conviction of Asia Bibi, who was on demise row.
Pakistan's Supreme Court will make a decision on Tuesday whether or not to permit an enchantment in opposition to Bibi's acquittal, attorneys within the case have stated.
Christian Union celebration parliamentarian Joel Voordewind tweeted a picture of himself and Malook saying "this afternoon (Saturday) I escorted Asia Bibi's lawyer, Mr Malook to Schiphol airport."
Asia Bibi's document photo.
"He's going back to Pakistan to hopefully represent Asia for the last time in her case," Voordewind stated.
The Netherlands final year granted Malook a temporary keep, however Voordewind stated Malook will "unfortunately lose his asylum status in the Netherlands."
The allegations in opposition to Bibi date back to 2009, when Muslim girls accused her of blasphemy in opposition to the Prophet Mohammed, a price punishable via demise underneath the colonial-era regulation.
Her case drew the attention of world rights groups and impulsively changed into the most high-profile within the nation.
If the courtroom refuses to permit the enchantment, it will take away the final criminal hurdle facing Bibi, who's a first-rate target in conservative Muslim-majority Pakistan and stays in protecting custody.
Bibi was on demise row for eight years for blasphemy, a massively delicate price.
Meanwhile, the Dutch ambassador to Pakistan is to go back to Islamabad subsequent month after receiving a demise risk final year, reportedly from Islamists angry over anti-Islam tweets via far-right baby-kisser Geert Wilders, Dutch media reported earlier Saturday.
Ardi Stoios-Braken "will fly back to Islamabad in early February," the day-to-day tabloid Algemeen Dagblad stated.
She was on depart within the Netherlands in past due October final year when she gained word "that a letter arrived at the embassy from Pakistani authorities."
"The letter spoke of a 'specific threat' and was related to the Mohammed cartoon contest which had already been cancelled months before," the paper stated.
Dutch overseas minister Stef Blok stated in November that Stoios-Braken, a veteran diplomat, faced "threats" in Pakistan, it sounds as if over "blasphemous depictions" via Wilders on Twitter.
Wilders in August referred to as off a planned Prophet Mohammed caricature competition that stirred anger in Pakistan.
Pakistan's inside ministry in October wrote a secret memo on plans to "target" the Dutch ambassador via the hardline Islamist Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan celebration (TLP), media from each countries reported on the time.
The TLP, based in 2015, led protests in August calling for Pakistan to sever diplomatic relations with the Netherlands over the Wilders caricature contest.
The TLP has denied making any threats.
The Pakistani govt then again has since launched a crackdown at the TLP, charging its leaders with sedition and terrorism.
But government additionally struck a care for the protesters to end the violence, forming an agreement which included permitting a last review of the Supreme Court's judgement.
Saif-ul-Malook fled to the Netherlands from Pakistan in November final year after violent protests erupted over the Pakistani Supreme Court's decision to overturn the conviction of Asia Bibi, who was on demise row.
Pakistan's Supreme Court will make a decision on Tuesday whether or not to permit an enchantment in opposition to Bibi's acquittal, attorneys within the case have stated.
Christian Union celebration parliamentarian Joel Voordewind tweeted a picture of himself and Malook saying "this afternoon (Saturday) I escorted Asia Bibi's lawyer, Mr Malook to Schiphol airport."
Asia Bibi's document photo.
"He's going back to Pakistan to hopefully represent Asia for the last time in her case," Voordewind stated.
The Netherlands final year granted Malook a temporary keep, however Voordewind stated Malook will "unfortunately lose his asylum status in the Netherlands."
The allegations in opposition to Bibi date back to 2009, when Muslim girls accused her of blasphemy in opposition to the Prophet Mohammed, a price punishable via demise underneath the colonial-era regulation.
Her case drew the attention of world rights groups and impulsively changed into the most high-profile within the nation.
If the courtroom refuses to permit the enchantment, it will take away the final criminal hurdle facing Bibi, who's a first-rate target in conservative Muslim-majority Pakistan and stays in protecting custody.
Bibi was on demise row for eight years for blasphemy, a massively delicate price.
Meanwhile, the Dutch ambassador to Pakistan is to go back to Islamabad subsequent month after receiving a demise risk final year, reportedly from Islamists angry over anti-Islam tweets via far-right baby-kisser Geert Wilders, Dutch media reported earlier Saturday.
Ardi Stoios-Braken "will fly back to Islamabad in early February," the day-to-day tabloid Algemeen Dagblad stated.
She was on depart within the Netherlands in past due October final year when she gained word "that a letter arrived at the embassy from Pakistani authorities."
"The letter spoke of a 'specific threat' and was related to the Mohammed cartoon contest which had already been cancelled months before," the paper stated.
Dutch overseas minister Stef Blok stated in November that Stoios-Braken, a veteran diplomat, faced "threats" in Pakistan, it sounds as if over "blasphemous depictions" via Wilders on Twitter.
Wilders in August referred to as off a planned Prophet Mohammed caricature competition that stirred anger in Pakistan.
Pakistan's inside ministry in October wrote a secret memo on plans to "target" the Dutch ambassador via the hardline Islamist Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan celebration (TLP), media from each countries reported on the time.
The TLP, based in 2015, led protests in August calling for Pakistan to sever diplomatic relations with the Netherlands over the Wilders caricature contest.
The TLP has denied making any threats.
The Pakistani govt then again has since launched a crackdown at the TLP, charging its leaders with sedition and terrorism.
But government additionally struck a care for the protesters to end the violence, forming an agreement which included permitting a last review of the Supreme Court's judgement.
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