| by Xavier P. William
( November 21, 2012, Islamabad, Sri
Lanka Guardian) On Tuesday morning the Islamabad High Court (IHC), announcing its
verdict, dismissed the FIR filed against 14-year-old Christian girl, Rimsha
Masih, who was accused of committing blasphemy.
On Saturday (22nd September 2012) the
police submitted the interim charge sheet at the session court Islamabad. The
investigating officer Munir Jaffari submitted the report to Justice Ghulam
Abbas Shah.
The police report states that they
didn’t find any evidence or witness against Rimsha Masih for buring the pages
of the Norani Qaida (the text book for learning the Quran), she is innocent.
The cleric of the nearby mosque Khalid Jadoon Chisti was found guilty of
tempering the evidence, adding the pages from the Quran in the bag that was
brought to the mosque. The witnesses have already testified in the court
against Khalid Jadoon Chisti.
The burnt pages found in the bag were
sent for forensic examination in Lahore, the forensic report will be available
in a few weeks.
The interim report further states that
two witnesses confirmed that it was not Rimsha who went to throw the garbage;
it was her six year old sister Savera.
Rimsha was arrested on Aug 16th under
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, her case gained international attention because of
the girl’s age and questions about her mental capacity. On Sept 7, the
additional district and sessions court of Islamabad had granted bail to the
girl. Later on Sept 8, Rimsha was airlifted from Adiyala jail to an unspecified
location within Islamabad under the protective custody of police after
completion of legal formalities by her lawyers. Rimsha and her family are
forced to live in hiding fearing for their lives. In Pakistan even being
accused of Blasphemy is equivalent to being sentenced.
Life for All Pakistan has welcomed the
decision, This is the irony that justice comes only under international
pressure. The Lower courts have completely surrender to extremists pressure
because of states inability to protect them.
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