ISLAMABAD – Majority of religious leaders have voiced sympathy with the young Christian girl, Rimshah Masih, accused of blasphemy while one of their groups called for her immediate release on bail.
The chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council, Allama Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, demanded that a joint investigation team of intelligence agencies should be constituted to clear confusion about the registration of a blasphemy case against a Christian girl and detention of a prayer leader on the charge of tampering with the evidence.
“To sort out truth from fiction and to identify the real culprit, an investigation team comprising representatives from various intelligence agencies should be formed to carry out an impartial investigation,” he said at a news conference while calling for immediate release of Rimshah on bail.
Several prominent religious leaders appearing on TV talk shows have also criticised Rimshah’s arrest on dubious evidence and emphasised that Islam stood for protection of minorities’ rights and religious beliefs.
The case took a new turn on Friday when the deputy imam of the mosque told the police that the prayer leader Khalid Chishti implicated the poor girl in the case.
