Pakistan overturns man's blasphemy conviction after 17 years on death row

A man sentenced to death in 2002 for blasphemy and who spent 17 years awaiting execution has had his conviction overturned by Pakistan's Supreme Court, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. Wajih-ul-Hassan, a Muslim, also spent a year in jail before his conviction. Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistan, where even unproven allegations of insulting Islam can lead to assassinations and lynchings.

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