In September 2016, Pakistani Christian Nabeel Chohan was arrested and detained for blasphemy. Reports disagree as to Nabeel’s age; he was either 16 or 18 at the time of his arrest. After his detention, he was twice refused bail, once in February 2017 and again in May.

“A case of hurting religious sentiments of Muslims and desecrating the religious place has been lodged.” - Shahbaz Ahmed, Pakistani police official

Apparently, Nabeel had liked and shared a blasphemous social media image depicting the Kaaba in a “disparaging” light. A Muslim friend of his reportedly saw the post and promptly filed a blasphemy case with police.

Nabeel was convicted of the crime of blasphemy in 2018, sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. This made him Pakistan's youngest blasphemy convict.

In March 2021, Nabeel, now aged 20, was granted bail.