Pakistan has allowed a 29-year-old Jewish activist Fishel Benkhald to change his religion from Islam to Judaism, an unusual move by authorities in the Muslim-majority country.

In normal circumstances, it would have been a normal practice to let Benkhald choose a religion of his choice to fill in the forms to get a national identity card and passport.

But it was a task for Benkhald as he was registered as a Muslim, and it could be interpreted as apostasy, which is punished with death according to Pakistan’s Islamic law.

The Ministry of Interior has recently given the green light in response to Benkhald's application, where he had sought 'conversion/correction' of his religion from Islam to Judaism, in his national identity documents, The Express Tribune reported.