
Pakistan court sentences woman school principal to death for committing blasphemy
India Today
A court in Pakistan's Lahore has sentenced a woman school principal to death on charges of blasphemy.
A Pakistani court has sentenced a woman school principal to death for committing blasphemy.
The district and sessions court on Monday handed down the death sentence to Salma Tanvir, principal of a private school in Nishtar Colony, and imposed a fine of PKR 5,000 ($29) on her.

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