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THE Scottish family of Mohammad Asghar, jailed in Pakistan for blasphemy, said yesterday that they “fear for his safety” after he was shot by a prison guard.
Mr Ashgar’s daughter Jasmine Rana urged Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene.
“This is our worst nightmare come true,” said Ms Rana.
“The UK and Scottish governments assured our family that steps were being taken to keep our dad safe in prison. Obviously that hasn’t happened.
Edinburger Mr Asghar was arrested in Rawalpindi in 2010 and sentenced to death after a blasphemy complaint was brought against him by a tenant with whom he was having a dispute.
He had previously been diagnosed as suffering from severe paranoid schizophrenia.
Family solicitor Aamer Anwar said that this was not taken into account at trial and that prison doctors had failed to acknowledge the severity of his illness.
