Very good move

I hope people like him get some brains before posting something irrelevant on social media.

Well done, none should be allowed to overstep the respect of religion and religious beliefs of Islam.

This kind of social media contents will not come under terrorism. Pakistan supreme court must save his life. I requst Supreme Court of Pakistan to take this case sue moto,

@kaliraja thangamani this is blasphemy, not terrorism as you understand it.

If perpetrators of such crimes are dealt by the law as this particular case, there won't be any mob justice anymore.

Are we living cave-ages. Pakistan must be inducted into the modren world

Thanks for the judgement.

A dangerous road to move on

I am surprised with remarks of people (most of them, thank God it's not all), supporting the sentence. strange wakeup kids! we are not living in stone ages! One more surprise and strange thing is these same bunch of people would criticise if some minor thing also comes from across the border. It's high time for us to wake up! Else we would be left behind in the race of growth and humanity.

Just give him a fine

Only Almighty has right to punish. He loves us all and may forgive as well. Don't hand out capital punishments.

Is Pakistan living in stone age or what?

It is very tragic . A repeat of the Mashal case, though with a lot more formality

Great! Very good decision, None shall be allowed to over step this line.

Sometimes we all make mistakes in the heat of the moment. The death penalty is too serious and an irrevocable punishment.

@Kiran : The things like development and humanity you are talking about comes in a society which lives in a respectable manner. And society is made of set rules and regulations. Freedom of speech and comments against the religion is allowed to a certain extent, however if one tries to go further against the known messengers of God, hurling abuse, Then you are hurting feelings of the belief of a society and that leads to unrest in the society and murders take place. To avoid all of this the laws are made, and made in such a manner that no one thinks of commiting them, and if they do then the application is necessary. This is all done after complete investigations are done against the the accused person. This is necessary for peace and tranquility in the same society and its development you are talking about.

Right action by judiciary. By taking legal against such blasphemous act, no room or justification will be left for mob justice

Poor soul.

@Ali Raza there is nothing good about killing people

What about all the extremism online against the ahmadiyya community - are you going to do anything about that ?

Bad decision

Free speech on social media generally causes more bad than any possible good, my personal view.

Great decision

First and the foremost, people of any sect must refrain from posting any comment which incites hate, anger and enmity amongst sects. The move taken by the Interior Minister in curbing the freedom of Social Websites is, somehow, better for the nation. people don't even reckon the magnitude of their actions while using social media. The cyberspace must be thoroughly streamlined and visualised by security institutions.

This is terrifying news. What might be worse though is that a majority of our countrymen will celebrate this like they celebrate the unjust law itself.

Is everyone so blind-sighted that they support this rather than condemning it?

Teach people with kindness like prophet Muhammad peace be upon him did not with punishment

@Abdul Hafeez Sir read the news carefully. The veridic is given by an ATC. Why case was dealt in ATC and not in regular court. Does his rights were protected.

This is a very dangerous decision!! The reason being that Facebook accounts can be easily cloned and Pakistan does not have the capability to detect a fake account from a genuine one. This is perhaps what happened in Mishal Khan case!!

Such trials through courts only will discourage the people who take law in their hands.

Death sentence! Barbaric.This is absolutely barbaric. It can be managed other way.

@Lohpurush
Absolutely correct. To those who are rejoicing this judgment, what right have we humans got to take someone's life as punishment? Are we all so perfect? Let his maker decide when the time comes.

@Kumar Well said

I am surprised, people are actually supporting his sentence, how can a society have so much intolerance. The guy only shared a content in FB, if you disagree with him, block him or better report abuse so that his account can be blocked, how can someone be given death sentence for sharing a post.

Evidence is there against him in the form of his Facebook posts. This is a good move and lesson for others.

Nothing is above humanity. People will understand one day.

All the indians need to mind their own buisness this is a correct course of action say whatever you may....but freedom of speech also have its limits....i cannot hope to get hugs in return if i use abusive language against someone......very good decision

He should be punished yes. Death penalty is extreme though

Those committing such heinous crimes deserve no sympathy be given stern punishment. Courts in such matters r very cautious in awarding punishment.

@Lohpurush hats off to your rightful and senseable comment

This is important to increase the trust of people so they never take law into their own hands... if proper punishments are given promptly then we may increase a lot of crimes... Pakistan is a Muslim state and ppl must behave nicely in accordance with the writ of state... protection to minorities should be given as well but they shouldn't be allowed to challenge the majority

@zash although Indians are not my best friends but I agree with their concern about this judgement and punishment.

This is why Pak is backward...

@Zain Good point Zain

how are you teaching your children tolerance and acceptance through these actions

fine should be enough as first warning .Its more of a social disturbance thing which I agree with . Giving death penalty is too much

If the court will take such historical decisions then our society ll be peaceful automatically.

No wonder kids are growing up prejudiced and unable to see another' view point. this is going to be so harmful for your country in the long run

How can people support this and call themselves peaceful

There is a no need for anyone to know that the person was of Shia beliefs. This information will only cause division in out community. The person did something wrong and was punished according to the law of the land, full stop.

@Rashid Minhas Such decisions have never brought peace. Look at the violence all around you due to intolerance.

@RANJIT I agree with your point.

How is this law different from beef ban laws in india? As many of commentators said here, it prevents mob justice by codifying a majority belief into law.

good decision well done

this is not good death sentence for a post???

Very good move. Appreciate

@M WASIM K very articulate and logical comment. Platoes are encouraged to read this before casting pearls of their wisdom.

A sorry state of affairs !!!!

@Pakman please enlighten us.

@M WASIM K lighter punishment could have awarded...what was need for death punishment.it will set a very wrong precedent

The blasphemy law is prone to being abused. If no checks are not built into it then this law should be repealed.

Death sentence seems harsh. Was life imprisonment considered?

Tragic decision .. please respect human life

@PrincessofDHUMP extreme is a relative term. To some people this punishment is extremely and to others extent to which the accused hurt their feelings is extreme. Most of the people feel extremely hurt by what he did and hence we have such laws. Besides most of the times sentence by a trial correct is either commuted by higher judiciary or turned over altogether.

While other nations are forging ahead on other fronts of development, we are priding ourselves in doing a first here. Great.

@M WASIM K Think of a situation if the same crimes happens in America or UK.

Sad and still sad the comments

@JOE BATTER There is no peace because there was no such decisions. No one has right to abuse others in the name of freedom expression. If you dnt like others dnt follow them and leave that religion. But dnt try to play with feelings of others.

The person who made this mistake must be made to realise his mistake with education and dialogue and not by death sentence.

@M WASIM K Please explain that how come no other Muslim country has such laws

@Kiran well said.. i m pleased people like u r in pakistan.

Unbelievable in this day and age.

Very unfortunate...

@M WASIM K . We all know what sort of INVESTIGATIONS are carried out by the police in Pakistan.

The law should not be allowed to be taken in hand by general public or mobs. Proper investigation is a mustbefore any judgement is passed.

@WARRIs Thank you Warris - you are a voice of reason yes Facebook accounts can be hacked and cloned this is extreme treatment of a person who disbelieves let him be

Oh stop it - step into 21st century

@zash I am NOT an Indian and I DO NOT agree with the sentence. So, what are you going to do about it?

Big step in wrong directions. In a country where people are completely illetrate how to use social media and everyone has 20 different accounts is simply madness to have such laws. god protect us.

Sad news

Our education system needs to be uniform and teach children respect and tolerance for all and accept a difference of opinion and freedom of speech go hand in hand with the these principles.

One step forward and two steps backward

@Imam are you really kidding

@Imam true. .. every community should be respected

@M WASIM K , you have commented very well but why this kind of crimes are happening only in Pakistan. There are around 56 Muslims countries and can anybody share that this kind of situation has ever happened in any other Muslim country, There should be solution to the problem and the leaders politicians and religious scholars must do something about the issues Pakistan is facing.

Pleased to read this! Consequently, No one would take a law in their hands. This will bring confidence among individuals for judicial system and they will more likely to forward the cases to court rather taking the law in their hands.

@Imam that is terrible

@Abdul Hafeez Why anti terrorism cour deals this case? Very sad state of affairs in Pakistan.

Respectable and praisable is the judgement of this Judge. Now those using Social media for gaining publicity and showing their self-considered intelligence will ponder over posting such things.

@M WASIM K You are a hypocrite. Free speech is the cornerstone of a civil society. Without it, only way to change things is through violence. All ideas, however sacred they are, deserve to be discussed, criticized and ridiculed. It is through free speech that good ideas win. Not through censoring.

@Mujtaba Masood I hope people like him get some brains before posting something irrelevant on social media.

Reply Before hanging a person society should also get some brains.

Good going...keep it up...surely on the way to stone age

Be careful about postings in Social Media. Someone from a far off land can hack and post on behalf of you and you will never know. Government agencies across world will never be able to verify (recent Ransomware hackers were not identified yet). If you support death penalty for such offence, many innocent will be at risk.

@Abdul Hafeez wrong move

@Syed wrong judjement

There must be a limit of expression on social media. Those who cross the limit must be punished.

Let us respect each other and each other's religious personalities.

@Dr Khan The court must be having sufficient evidence about the person involved in similar activities outside social media. We cannot assume things and decide which was the best thing to be done.

@m.sattar. Investigations are done in the same manner as they are done in any other part of the world. But they are quite slow, hopefully the justice will be faster for all in the coming era.

@jafar very true

Zash, we are living in an age of social media. They're ate no borders when it comes to humanity. You can ask outsiders not to comment, but they will. Just put your house in order because the walls are transparent.

a very good move

Really appreciate it!

Good move.

Just put him behind bars for a year or so , that will be more than enough punishment.

He should issue an apology and be fined

@Ali Raza he could just apologise

@Mujtaba Masood , True, he posted something irrelevant. Then why death sentence for something irrelevant ?

@Rehna Fayaz What should he apologise for?

I find it completely unnecessary to mention that the accused in question belonged to the "shia" community.

@Eric Henderson Hurting feelings

@kaliraja thangamani I agree

@Abdul Hafeez bad move

@Ali Raza it's just a misunderstanding

@Kiran well said i agreed

It is a move which tells the people that state still has control over the law..... and writ to dispense justice to wrong doers... may be it will help people build up confidence on institutions and prevent them to take law into their own hands

Well Done. Well Done ??!! Why should Anybody doesn't believe in your nonsense be subject to its laws. Barbarians. The world is a better place with Pakistan Having little if any influence it's populated by cave dwellers

@James
Only if they would happily stay in their caves and never come out to spread their obsolete and repugnant beliefs to the outside world.

and this is y pakistan can never be a developed country

Well done Good decision.