By Sam Greenhill Chief Reporter For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:00 GMT, 6 March 2019 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 6 March 2019
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Fears are growing for a Christian mother freed from a blasphemy death sentence in Pakistan who is said to be ‘very unwell’.
Asia Bibi remains in protective custody sheltering from lynch mobs as she endures an agonising wait to leave the country after her acquittal.
Last month the decision was bravely upheld by Pakistan’s Supreme Court, but her freedom is now being blocked by the army, sources told the Daily Mail.
Asia Bibi remains in protective custody sheltering from lynch mobs as she endures an agonising wait to leave the country after her acquittal
Her health is failing and she is being denied access to medical care, they said.
The 53-year-old had been expected to leave Pakistan for a new life in Canada in January but her escape is ‘no longer imminent’, it is understood.
Mrs Bibi is said to be suffering from very low blood pressure as she languishes in a safe house with her husband Ashiq Masih.
The mother of two became a global cause celebre for enduring eight years on death row after allegedly insulting Islam.
She was convicted in 2010 of offending the Prophet Mohammed under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws following a trivial argument with Muslim farm colleagues over a cup of water.
Last October, she was freed on appeal, sparking violent demonstrations stoked by Taliban- supporting mullahs.
Last October, she was
