Veena Malik sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy, reacts to conviction
Mumbai: The owner of Pakistan's biggest media group, Geo TV along with actor Veena Malik and her husband was sentenced to 26 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly airing a blasphemous programme.
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang group, was accused of allowing the airing of a blasphemous programme by Geo television in May, which played a religious song while staging a mock marriage of Malik with Bashir.
Read:Veena Malik sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy in Pakistan
The former actress was quoted in a tabloid by Gulf News a day after the verdict, "26 years! Come on. 26 years is a lifetime...But I have faith in higher courts in Pakistan. When the final verdict comes, it will do justice to me. Nothing bad is going to happen."
Veena who currently lives in Dubai will be returning back to Pakistan in December. She said she had faith in Pakistan's judiciary. "I have faced highs and lows in my life. But I am sure I haven't done anything wrong," she added.
She also shared a quote on a social networking site. She posted-
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.... Barbara Kingsolver
— Veena Malik Khan (@iVeenaKhan) November 25, 2014