The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country’s Supreme Court, according to her husband.

Three judges of the court ordered last week that the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was to be set aside and she was to be released from prison, where she has spent eight years in solitary confinement.

But her husband, Ashiq Masih, confirmed in an interview with BBC World Service that the court had since agreed to accept a review petition questioning the legitimacy of her acquittal.