One of Pakistan’s leading political party which calls for “moderation and freedom to practice the religion” has reaffirmed its support for Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) which is headed by cricketer turned politician Imran Khan tweeted its support for the blasphemy laws and endorsed the death penalty for those who commit of Blasphemy.

In series of tweets, PTI stated that the party severely condemns ‘false propaganda that the party plans to make changes to blasphemy laws’.

PTI’s official twitter account added that the “PTI strictly believes that blasphemer of Prophet (PBUH) deserves the death penalty.”

تحریک انصاف رسالت مآب صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی شان اقدس میں گستاخی کا مرتکب شخص یقیناً سزائے موت کا مستحق ہے — PTI (@PTIofficial) April 24, 2017