Aasia's name can't be placed on ECL till proven guilty: Afridi.

I S L A M A B A D -- Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi said that Aasia Bibi's name cannot be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) until she is proven guilty by a court of law or until such orders are given by the Supreme Court (SC). In an exclusive interview to Voice of America, Afridisaid that rumours circulating about Aasia leaving the country are false and that the government is providing her and her family security. The Supreme Court had acquitted Aasia Bibi on Oct 30, but the decision sparked three-day-long mass protests led by the Tehreeki-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).

The protests were called off after the religio-political party reached an agreement with the government, the foremost condition of which wasthe placement of Aasia's name on the...