Islamabad [ Pakistan ], November 2 (ANI): A 49-year-old blind Christian man in Pakistan has been arrested on charges of blasphemy, a crime punishable by death, after being accused by a local Muslim of insulting Islam's prophet, sparking outrage among rights groups and the Christian community, as reported by Morning Star News.

The accused, Nadeem Masih, was detained in August after being allegedly framed by a group of men who had long harassed him, according to his mother, 80-year-old Martha Yousaf.

She said her son, who earned a modest living operating a weighing scale at Lahore's Model Town Park, was frequently bullied, extorted, and even assaulted by local workers, including the complainant, Waqas Mazhar, as reported by Morning Star News.

On August 21, when Masih protested aga

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