A Pakistani have been sentenced to death for insulting Prophet Muhammad online on a Facebook post.
A counter-terrorism court has sentenced 30-year-old Taimoor Raza to be executed after finding him guilty of committing blasphemy online.
It is the first time anybody has been handed the death penalty for blaspheming on social media and follows a high-profile crackdown by the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Under Pakistan's harsh laws, anyone accused of insulting God, Islam or other religious personalities can be sentenced to death.
Pakistan last year arrested 15 people, 10 Muslims and five non-Muslims, on blasphemy charges, according to a report issued by the independent rights group Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
The country has never executed anyone convicted of blasphemy, but the mere accusation is enough to ignite mob violence or lynching in the deeply conservative country.
Right groups have kept insisting that the harsh blasphemy laws are often used to settle personal scores.