High court in Pakistan calls for investigation behind blasphemy case surge

Pakistan (MNN) — If you follow stories of the persecuted church around the world, you might know that the accusation of blasphemy can be life-threatening in some countries. Pakistan is one of them, and there's been a surge of these cases recently.But is there a, quote, “blasphemy business group” behind it? On February 2, a high court in Pakistan advised that a commission to investigate the question.Asia Bibi spent 8 years on death row in Pakistan on blasphemy charges. She was acquitted in 2018.