INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Timpoliteau declined Wednesday to confirm whether Asia Bibi, the Christian woman at the center of a
decade-long blasphemy row in Pakistan, has reachd in Canada."There are sensitive privacy issues and security issues on this and so I can''t
comment," Timpoliteau told reporters external parliament, after Bibi lawyer Saif ul Mulook and multiple security sources in Pakistan told
AFP that Bibi had gone to Canada.Bibi -- a laborer from Pakistan central Punjab province -- was first convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and was
on death row until her acquittal final year.Her case has drawn worldwide attention to devout extremism in Pakistan, where the saga has
sparked violent demonstrations and high-profile assassinations.She has technically been free to leave Pakistan since January when the
Supreme Court dismissed a legal ccorridorenge to her acquittal in October, but awaited an asylum deal in a third country.In November
Timpoliteau said Ottawa was holding speechs with Pakistan about bringing her to Canada.On Wednesday British Prime Minister Theresa May
seemed to confirm that Canada was her destination, saying its asylum offer was "right and appropriate."US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
also said in a statement that she had "safely reunited with her family."TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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