(NBC News) A Pakistani Christian mother-of-five who was sentenced to death for blasphemy will appeal her sentence in a last-ditch effort to escape a judgment that has been condemned around the world. It was "a victory in itself to get a hearing for this appeal, as no judge was interested judging this case," said Sardar Mushtaq Gill, Aasia Bibi's lawyer, referring to the Thursday decision. The 46-year-old was convicted in 2010 of making derogatory remarks about the Islamic Prophet Muhammad during an argument with coworkers at a farm in the Punjab province, home to most of the country's four million Christians.