The Supreme Court will announce its judgement on an appeal filed by Asia Bibi, a Christian woman condemned to death on blasphemy charges, on Wednesday (today). According to a supplementary cause list issued by the apex court, the verdict will be announced by a special bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar at 9am. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel are members of the three-judge bench. The apex court had reserved its ruling on Asia Bibi’s final appeal against execution on October 8. While reserving the verdict after an hours-long hearing, the top court had restrained both electronic and print media from discussing or commenting on the matter till the final judgement. Asia Bibi was convicted for blasphemy under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code for allegedly defaming Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). A trial court had convicted her for blasphemy in November 2010 and sentenced her to death. The Lahore High Court (LHC) had upheld her conviction and confirmed her death sentence in October 2014. The Supreme Court had admitted her appeal for hearing in July 2015. Published in Daily Times, October 31st 2018.