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Pakistani Girl on Trial for Blasphemy is Fourteen

Doctors in Pakistan have established that a Christian girl jailed on blasphemy charges is aged about 14, her lawyer says.

Medics also said that the girl, Rimsha, has a mental age of less than that, lawyer Tahir Naveed Chaudhry added.

Rimsha is being held in a high security prison, amid growing international pressure for her to be freed.

Mr Chaudhry said he would be applying for bail at a court hearing on Thursday and is hopeful she will be released.

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