The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench overturned the death sentence handed down to Aneeqa Atiq, who had been convicted in a high-profile blasphemy case, investigated by the FIA Cyber Crime Wing, Rawalpindi.

The court on Tuesday acquitted Aneeqa on technical grounds, citing serious procedural deficiencies in the prosecution’s case. Delivering its judgment, the bench, comprising Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan and Justice Waheed Khan, observed that the conviction could not be sustained, as the prosecution failed to satisfy the court with basic evidentiary and legal requirements.

The court noted that the accused and the complainant were unrelated, and no lawful or personal relationship had been established between them. It further pointed out that no forensic examination had been carried out on

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