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Police identified the man only as Mr Tian from China and said he was arrested on Sunday night, hours after hundreds of residents and labourers working at a dam project rallied to demand his arrest.
A Chinese national, arrested on charges of blasphemy, was shifted from Upper Kohistan to Abbottabad in a Pakistan Army helicopter on Monday afternoon over safety fears, Komila Station House Officer Naseeruddin said, reported Dawn.
The SHO said that Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act had been included in the FIR, adding that the Chinese national would be presented before a court in Abbottabad.
A Chinese national was arrested in Pakistan for allegedly insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammad. The offenses carry the death penalty under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws.
A Chinese engineer, identified as Mr Tian has been arrested by the Pakistan police for alleged blasphemy against Islam after asking his Muslim staff to work faster while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Tian, an employee of China Gezhouba Group Company, was arrested on Sunday while working on a hydropower project in Pakistan's Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.