LHC hears Junaid Hafeez's appeal in blasphemy case, seeks prosecution's arguments on admissibility of digital evidence
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) took up former university lecturer Junaid Hafeez’s appeal against his death sentence in a blasphemy case on Tuesday, seeking arguments from the prosecution on the admissibility of electronic evidence. Hafeez was sentenced to death in 2019 and his appeal against his conviction has been pending since 2020. A two-judge bench, comprising Justices Sadiq Mahmud…
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) heard former university lecturer Junaid Hafeez's appeal against his death sentence in a blasphemy case on Tuesday. The case has been pending since 2020 and involves electronic evidence, specifically a Facebook page linked to Hafeez. A two-judge bench, consisting of Justices Sadiq Mahmud Khurram and Muhammad Jawad Zafar, heard the appeal on Tuesday.
The LHC issued formal notices to the parties, which were received by Hafeez's lawyer, Advocate Asad Jamal, and the prosecution lawyer, Advocate Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry. The court decided to adjourn the hearing till October 7, but Hafeez's lawyer requested a longer adjournment to prepare his arguments. The case has seen multiple transfers, with at least seven judges involved and 15 prosecution witnesses testifying.
Hafeez, a former visiting lecturer at Bahauddin Zakariya University, was arrested in March 2013 and sentenced to death in December 2019.
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