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Amid tights security in Pakistan’s capital, the Supreme Court dismissed a review petition against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi in a decade old blasphemy case.
On 31 October 2018, a 5-member bench of the Supreme Court had found Aasia Bibi innocent and had ordered her immediate release from prison. Following the verdict, the country had been gripped by street violence led by Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s Tehreeke-e-Labbaik.
Following an end to the street violence that lasted three days, a review petition by one, Qari Muhammad Salaam was filed in the Supreme Court.
When the petition was put forth before a 3-member bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, today, the honorable court pointed out that the petitioner could not point any mistake in the earlier judgment and so, his petition was dismissed.
Pakistan had been waiting with held breath for the verdict on the review petition and as soon as its dismissal was made public, a wave of celebration went across the country.
BRAVO: The verdict was given on the basis of testimonies; does Islam say that one should be punished even if they are found not guilty?
Prove to us what [you believe] is wrong with the verdict,
said Chief Justice Khosa.#AsiaBiBi pic.twitter.com/nqpqu3J7OM— Syedih (@SyedIHusain) January 29, 2019
As I step out of Supreme Court, I'd like to CONGRATULATE Khosa sb, for bringing JUSTICE to #AsiaBibi – the poor woman who unjustly lost a DECADE of her life & against whom THIS man (Qari Islam)👇 COULDN'T prove anything in 8 YEARS! Allah ka shukar, ham zulm karnay se bach gaye!🙏 pic.twitter.com/N3fTADRqfn
— Maleeha Hashmey (@MaleehaHashmey) January 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/shafqat120/status/1090191173896073217
No surprises here #AsiaBibi but still a welcome relief
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) January 29, 2019
There are also of course, many who are questioning the many years of solitary confinement that Aasia Bibi was subjected to…
https://twitter.com/diplomat_79/status/1090240036631703552
#AsiaBibi might be declared judicially free today but we must ask ourselves did we not snatch her freedom as well as crushing our own in demonizing her or by being careful with our words?
What kind of freedom is this?#DaSingaAzadiDa— Reham Khan (@RehamKhan1) January 29, 2019
Some Twitterati were quick to mock the hooligans who had kept the country hostage to street violence following the original verdict in October 2018.
https://twitter.com/KyonAakhir/status/1090191324836515840
Khadim Rizvi in jail, while #AsiaBibi is a free women. It doesn't get better than this 🙌
— Zakeel (@Zakeel_) January 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/Munnipti/status/1090186753166794752
With today’s dismissal of the review petition against the acquittal, Aasia Bibi is a free woman after nine long years. Here’s to a new and much happier chapter in Bibi’s life!
