In his verdict, Additional District and Sessions Judge,Rahim yarkhan Khursheed Ahmed Anjum ruled that the convict had committed blasphemy on the social media.
A spokesperson for the District Police Officer (DPO), Umar Saleem, told AFP that a complaint No.241/16 was registered against Waqas Bhait in July ,2016 for reportedly posting and sharing blasphemous content on social media.Then this complaint was referred to SP investigation Shahnawaz Chachar and SHO Police Sation Sadar Sadiqabad who jointly interrogated the culprit who confessed the crime.
A first information report based on the complaint was lodged after some time in Police station Sadiqabad.
Earlier this month, a district and sessions court sentenced three men to death in Sheikhupura on charges of committing blasphemy.
The court had also fined them Rs200,000 each, but if they are unable to pay the fine, they would have to undergo six months of rigorous punishment.
In his verdict, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mian Javed Akram ruled that the three members of the Ahmadi community of Bhoaywal village had committed blasphemy by displaying a poster and banners at their place of worship in a manner that was offending.
Riaz Hussain, a shopkeeper, had filed a complaint against the three men at the Sharqpur police station.
In June, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had sentenced a man to death for sharing blasphemous content about Islam on social media, a government prosecutor said.
ATC Judge Shabir Ahmed announced the sentence for the 30-year-old accused in Bahawalpur, according to Shafiq Qureshi.
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