Pakistan police seek arrest of 2 Christians over blasphemy

Pakistan's police said Wednesday y were seeking arrest of two Christian men in eastern city of Lahore on charges y allegedly used insulting remarks against Islam's holy book and its Prophet Muhamm. case against two men was registered last Saturday on complaint of a Muslim local resident Haroon Ahmed, said Muratab Ali, a police investigator, who said accused persons h yet to be arrested.

He provided furr details and only said y were still investigating to determine wher two mirity Christians me derogatory remarks about Quran and Islam's Prophet during a discussion on religion. Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, anyone accused of insulting Islam or or religious figures can be sentenced to death if found guilty. While authorities have yet to carry out a death sentence for blasphemy, just accusation of blasphemy can cause riots in Pakistan.

According to domestic and international human rights groups, blasphemy allegations in Pakistan have often been used to intimidate religious mirities and to settle personal scores. A Punjab goverr was killed by his own guard in 2011 after he defended a Christian woman, Aasia Bibi, who was accused of blasphemy. She was acquitted after spending eight years on death row and left Pakistan for Cana to join her family after receiving threats.