Popular Actress sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy

Controversy’s favourite child Veena Malik and her husband Asad Bashir Khan have been sentenced to 26 years in prison by a Pakistani court for blasphemy. Speaking from her home in Dubai, Veena calls the sentence shocking. "I did not know this was coming," Veena says. "I knew there was a blasphemy case for some time now but my husband and I had done no wrong. So I was never troubled by the charges.” Veena claims she took off to America to have her baby, as she had a complicated pregnancy. "I had to have a C-section done," she says. "My husband and I went to America to have the baby and returned to Dubai with our bundle of joy, Abram. My baby is my world now.” The former actress seems shocked that such a seemingly harsh sentence came at a time like this in her life. "I have put my colourful past behind me," she says. "I have found my happiness in life. My husband and my child are my world. To now be so rudely reminded of how vulnerable to attack I have always been, is very disturbing." Reliving the episode that has landed her in trouble, Veena says, “My husband and I had been invited on a show on GEO TV . We were just guests on the show where the religious qawwali was being played.