According to Fides, the proposed changes would allow severe punishment for false accusations, making it "less convenient" for individuals to use blasphemy charges as a way of settling personal disputes.
Also, prosecutors would be required to show deliberate intention to blaspheme. The proposals would seek to ensure that religious extremists do not "do justice alone"; a clear reference to the mob violence that has erupted in Pakistani cities after a member of a religious minority group is accused of blasphemy against Islam.
Christian woman Asia Bibi's case is seen is one of the most high-profile examples of where Pakistan's blasphemy laws are considered by many to have been manipulated.
The poor, illiterate woman from Pakistan's rural Punjab has been on death row for five years after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad, a charge she vehemently denies. Her case has received global attention, from world leaders including Pope Emeritus Benedict, who has called for her to be released.
Bibi's story generated a debate across Pakistan about reforming the country's blasphemy law. But it is a very dangerous issue that many politicians prefer to avoid. Two prominent politicians who spoke out against it were killed.
Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, was shot by his own bodyguard because he defended Asia and said she should be pardoned, and the killer is now considered a hero by many in Pakistan.
Not long afterwards, minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti was assassinated for speaking out against the blasphemy law.
In 2014 the Lahore High Court dismissed Noreen's appeal and upheld her death sentence. Her lawyers plan to appeal to the Supreme Court.
