Dinesh jain
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The owner of Pakistan's biggest media group,
Geo TV along with actor Veena Malik and her
husband was sentenced to 26 years in prison
by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly airing a
blasphemous programme.
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang
group, was accused of allowing the airing of a
blasphemous programme by Geo television in
May, which played a religious song while
staging a mock marriage of Malik with Bashir.
Judge Shahbaz Khan also sentenced both
Malik and Bashir along with TV host Shaista
Wahidi for 26 years each. The ATC also
imposed a 1.3 million Pakistani rupees fine on
the convicts and ordered that their properties
should be sold to raise the fine, if they failed
to pay it.
The judge said in his judgment that all four
accused committed profanity. The court in its
40-page verdict also asked the police to arrest
the convicts, an official said.
He said that the convict can appeal in the
regional high court in Gilgit-Baltistan. There are
reports that all four are out of Pakistan.
Rahman resides in the UAE and the other three
also went abroad after recieving threats by
militant organisations.
It is not known when the arrests would be
carried out. Both Wahidi and the Geo group
have tendered apology after the allegations
were levelled but the extremists in the country
refused to accept it.
Other blasphemy cases were also registered
against them in various cities, including
Karachi and Islamabad.
Veena Malik sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy in Pak
