Canada Is in Talks With Pakistan to Grant Asylum to Christian Woman Asia Bibi

Nov 13, 2018, 12:34 PM

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As Pakistan roils with fury over the dismissal of a Christian woman's blasphemy conviction, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government was in talks with Islamabad about potentially granting asylum to Asia Bibi, who was recently freed, Agence France-Presse reports.

"We are in discussions with the Pakistani government," Trudeau said in an interview with AFP.