The Chinese national, who works as head of heavy transport at a major hydropower project, was accused on April 15 of insulting Prophet Muhammad for allegedly urging workers to speed up their pace of work as they took a prayer break, Al Jazeera reported.
Blasphemy is a sensitive subject in Pakistan, a Muslim-majority country where those found guilty could be given the death penalty for certain forms of crime.
The Chinese national accused of blasphemy is to be remanded into judicial custody for two weeks as ordered by a Pakistan court, police say. The man identified a
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