Tag: Mashal Khan
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Mashal Khan killing: One person gets death sentence, 5 get life in prison
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday, 7 February, sentenced one person to death and gave life imprisonment to five others for lynching a 23-year-old university student who was falsely accused of blasphemy. Of the total 57 accused in the case, the court sentenced 25 others to four-year jail term and acquitted 26 others, officials said. …
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February 7, 2018 -
Pakistan court to announce student lynching verdict
A Pakistan court is set to announce its verdict in the lynching of a student, Mashal Khan, who was accused of blasphemy. Mashal, a student of Mass Communications at the Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was beaten and shot to death by an angry mob on April 13, 2017, reports Dawn news. The …
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February 7, 2018 -
Pakistan university reopens after student’s lynching, arms seized
Police recovered weapons from the Abdul Wali Khan University in Pakistan's Mardan, as the university reopened for the first time since a student Mashal Khan was lynched by a mob on accusations of blasphemy, DawnNews reported on Monday. Pakistani police recovered guns, pistols and knives from the university hostel during a search operation. Drugs were …
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May 22, 2017 -
False blasphemy accusers need education: Grand Mosque Imam
Islam is a religion of peace and people who falsely accuse others of blasphemy have "a disease in their hearts" and should be educated, the Imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque has said. Imam-e-Kaaba Shaikh Saleh Bin Muhammad Ibrahim told Geo News that Islam is a religion of peace, forgiveness and tolerance and that people should …
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April 17, 2017 -
Pakistan to blame for its own bad name: Malala
Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai hit out at Pakistan following the lynching of a university student accused of blasphemy. Mashal Khan was stripped naked and beaten to death with planks on a campus in the city of Mardan. "No one is maligning the name of your country or religion… we ourselves are bringing a bad …
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April 15, 2017