KARACHI: The Society for Secular Pakistan (SfSP) has condemned the killing of Shahzad Masih and his wife Shama by a crowd incited by clerics of three mosques in a Kasur village.

In a statement issued here on Friday, the SfSP demanded that these clerics be arrested and punished for inciting people’s religious feelings to kill the poor couple who worked at the brick kiln and reportedly had some dispute with the kiln owner.

“Unfortunately this is not the first time that the sacred place of worship has been used to incite people to kill someone with impunity.

“There have been instances when fanatics had announced hefty head money for killing so-called blasphemers and the state did not take any action although it’s a crime,” it added.

Published in Dawn, November 8th, 2014