A Chinese engineer working at the Dasu hydropower project in Kohistan District in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has become the latest victim of Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws. He was arrested on Sunday evening for "Insulting Allah."
The incident occurred at the project when an employee of China Gezhouba Group Company working at the site got into a heated argument with local labourers. The quarrel broke out over the slow pace of work during Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, reported SCMP citing a source by This Week in Asia.
A Chinese engineer, identified as Mr Tian has been arrested by the Pakistan police for alleged blasphemy against Islam after asking his Muslim staff to work faster while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Tian, an employee of China Gezhouba Group Company, was arrested on Sunday while working on a hydropower project in Pakistan's Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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