ISLAMABAD, MAR 06 (DNA) – A Senate Special Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday recommended that perpetrators of false accusations of blasphemy be given the same punishment as set for those accused for blasphemy.

“Anyone falsely accusing someone of blasphemy should be subjected to the same punishment as a person convicted of blasphemy,” the recommendation stated.

The recommendation also said that anyone looking to register a blasphemy case at a police station should have to bring two witnesses to support their accusation.

“We are not trying to make any changes to the blasphemy law, we are trying to keep people from misusing it,” Senator Farhatullah Babar clarified during a meeting of the committee.

The committee decided to forward their recommendations to the Council of Islamic Ideology.