According to human rights groups, blasphemy laws in Pakistan are often exploited, even against Muslims, to settle personal rivalries or to persecute minorities.
Almost any person that speaks out against blasphemy laws or proceedings is in danger of being lynched or killed by a mob.
[1] Arrests and death sentences issued for blasphemy laws in Pakistan go back to the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Despite the implementation of these laws, no one has yet been executed by the order of the courts or government.
People have only been imprisoned to await a verdict or killed at the hands of felons who were convinced that the suspects were guilty.