The First Minister has said he 'definitely' attended a meeting about a man on death row in Pakistan the day of Scotland’s same-sex marriage vote, after a newspaper suggested there was no record of it
SCOTLAND’S First Minister has said he “definitely” attended a meeting about a man on death row in Pakistan the day of Scotland’s same-sex marriage vote after a newspaper suggested there was no record of it.leadership contest earlier this year, Yousaf said he missed the vote in 2014 because of an “unavoidable” meeting with the Pakistan Consul General in Glasgow to discuss the case of Mohammad Asghar, who was placed on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy before being released.
“You have to remember issues around blasphemy in Pakistan, there has to be a level of discretion for those that are from Pakistan that are involved in those meetings because their families could really be at risk of harm if they were seen to be or known to be involved in the release of somebody convicted of blasphemy in Pakistan, so that’s why there’s a lot of discretion around.”
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