LAHORE: A Pakistani Christian mistakenly declared Jew by NADRA records faced death threats and blasphemy charges. Pakistani Christian mistakenly declared Jew According to the details, Jew Jurian is a Pakistani Christian resident of Lahore, was accused of blasphemy when he wrote his name on a national identity card form. The Computerized National Identity Cards mistakenly declared Jurian as a Jewish man because of his first name, subjecting him to arrest and death threats. Jurian was later released by the police, nevertheless he and his family still face death threats. He was released with two other men who were later killed by religious extremists. These attacks forced Jurian and his family to escape from the area as death threats continued. Subsequently, Jurian filed a First Information Report- in which he complained that he was still being harassed by unidentified extremists even after he was acquitted of the blasphemy charges.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 07:40:31 +0000
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