LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought assistance of the Punjab advocate general on a petition of a Christian woman seeking action against her father for changing religion twice.

Aneela Saleem filed the petition through Advocate Aftab Bajwa stating that her father Saleem Nazeer converted to Islam, married a Christian woman and converted her too.

Later, the petitioner said, his wife died and her burial was carried out as per Christian traditions. The petitioner further said her father married another Christian woman and converted her to Islam.

However, she claimed, her father recently started claiming to be a Christian. She asked the court to order a first information report be registered against her father for changing religions.

Justice Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi observed that conversion from Islam leads to death penalty. He asked the advocate general to assist the court on the matter and adjourned hearing for May 25.

Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2016