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Woman held for blasphemy case threat against neighbours

Report in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023
TOBA TEK SINGH: A woman was arrested on Thursday for allegedly fabricating charges of Quran desecration against some people of her locality.

According to an FIR registered by the Tandlianwala City police under Section 211 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 16 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960, 21 complainants claimed that the suspect was a drug peddler.

When local residents confronted her about this, she not only threatened to desecrate the Holy Quran to spread false information but also threatened to incite violence in the locality.

They alleged she intended to falsely implicate the local people in the Quran desecration case that occurred in Jaranwala on Aug 16.

The police have shifted the suspect to the Faisalabad district jail……
https://www.dawn.com/news/1774718/woman-held-for-blasphemy-case-threat-against-neighbours