Pakistani Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan to Canada

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Pakistani Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan to Canada

Christian Asia Bibi, sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2010 and acquitted six months ago, left Pakistan and "found" her family on Wednesday in Canada.

"She is in Canada," where she found her two daughters, said a Canadian source who requested anonymity.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for his part, refused to officially confirm it, while several sources, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, seemed to suggest it.

"I can not confirm anything for reasons of privacy and security," he told reporters on Wednesday.

In mid-November, he told AFP he was "in talks with the government of Pakistan" about Asia Bibi.

Earlier in the afternoon, a Pakistani government source, on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AFP that the Christian had "left Pakistan of her own free will".......



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