ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Catholic woman Asia Bibi, who was released after being on death row for approachly nine years, was in Pakistan and a free citizen.&She [Asia Bibi] is a free person.
The Supreme Court has declared her to be harmless,& Qureshi told BBC in an interview.
Asia Bibi was free to leave Pakistan, he said, but added that the government would protect her for the rest of her life is she choose to remain in Pakistan.
&We have asked friends around the world if they want to help her.&The foreign minister that quiet diplomacy was the way forward if measureone wanted to help Asia Bibi.He said clear action had been taken against those who ccorridorenged the writ of the state.
&People were taken into custody and put behind bars.&On the issue of Kashmir, Qureshi said Pakistan wanted peace in the region but was concerned about deteriorating human rights conditions in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK).TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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