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LAHORE: A middle-aged man was stoned to death by a mob over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran in a remote village of Khanewal district on Saturday.
The killing comes on the heels of an identical incident in Sialkot, where a Sri Lankan engineer was lynched by factory workers on Dec 3 last year on blasphemy charges.
The Saturday incident took place in Jungle Dera village where hundreds of locals gathered after Maghrib prayers following announcements that a man had torn some pages of the Holy Quran and later set them on fire.
With no one ready to listen to the suspect, who reportedly claimed innocence, the villagers first hanged him with a tree and then hit him with bricks, until he died.
According to an eyewitness, a police team which reached the village well before stoning arrested the suspect but the growing mob snatched him from the SHO’s custody. Chief Minister Usman Buzdar sought a report from IGP Rao Sardar Ali Khan.
Published in Dawn, February 13th, 2022
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Feb 13, 2022 07:47am
Sickness on its heights.
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Feb 13, 2022 07:47am
Muskan is an issue, this is not. Hypocrisy
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Feb 13, 2022 07:55am
This madness is now out of the bottle and will only spread thanks to the weak response of the state.
Punish the lynchers severely, educate people on media instead of lame shows.
This is a very serious situation now in Pakistan, who is behind this radicalization?
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Feb 13, 2022 07:58am
When law and order is not under government control then mob lynching happens frequently.
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Feb 13, 2022 07:59am
Barbaric Society..... No Hopes....
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Feb 13, 2022 07:59am
Peacefuls
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Feb 13, 2022 08:00am
What kind of cold blooded humans are these people who will their own in such a brutal way.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:00am
Government failure to provide any punishment to lynching criminals have encouraged the mob committing this heinous crimes day after day. It’s been almost three months since the Sialkot tragedy and police hasn’t done anything yet!
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Feb 13, 2022 08:02am
You Pakistanis are the first to point fingers at other countries for discrimination.
First look at your own country.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:05am
When justice system fails this things eminent in future
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Feb 13, 2022 08:06am
Zia's children..
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Feb 13, 2022 08:09am
Intolerant society
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Feb 13, 2022 08:12am
this is pakistan and want to teach India on religious freedom
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Feb 13, 2022 08:12am
Barbaric.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:16am
Punjab is continuing to defame Pakistan. It appears whole province is in the grip of ignorance.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:20am
Islamophobia?
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Feb 13, 2022 08:22am
These people should have never left the Caves! There is always an ulterior motive in these cases. probably someone wanted his property.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:23am
These people must be severly punished for killing and making a mockery of Islam.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:26am
Each time a man is wrongly killed like this, it is 'the same as if all humanity was killed'. The burden/guilt rests on those that bred the snakes, poisoned the minds and exploited the religious fanaticism till it is truly out of control. We all know who.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:39am
Mob rules, despite the police custody. I am speechless. Sad sad, shame shame. Innocent until proven guilty.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:50am
Sadly, the people and authorities are not learning from the past gruesome mistakes. Before meddling with other nations’ incidents first one should educate and make aware the public that they don’t have right to prosecute, harass, kill and molest people in the basis of creed or belief system. May peace prevail!
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Feb 13, 2022 08:52am
What a barbaric society !!! Why worry about Muslims in India and else where when Pakistani Muslims are killed in such brutal way.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:53am
There is no hope left for this barbaric society in absence of law enforcement and meaningful governance
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Feb 13, 2022 08:54am
Can’t believe this is happening in Pakistan!!! There is no Justice, no Law & order & No force/police to protect people.
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Feb 13, 2022 08:56am
Another set of doves in red
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Feb 13, 2022 09:00am
Buzzard is responsible for the safety of public. This is 2nd incidence in couple of weeks.
Is there any Law & order in the state?
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Feb 13, 2022 09:06am
nice story
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Feb 13, 2022 09:15am
Horror , horror ,horror . Law must get the one who announced it together the mob .These crimes are earning bad name to Islam and the Nation
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Feb 13, 2022 09:15am
There is no punishment, it is bound to happen over and over again!
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Feb 13, 2022 09:17am
Another sad story of intolerance. Please wait for big statements and notices to be taken without any action.
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Feb 13, 2022 09:19am
Faith trumps everything, humanity, family and life itself. Most living in dark and it is getting darker
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Feb 13, 2022 09:38am
With no governance and incompetent govt we habe become a lwaless govt.what have you done to pakistan imran khan.
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Feb 13, 2022 09:40am
failure, after failure of the state
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Feb 13, 2022 09:41am
Shame on us.
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Feb 13, 2022 09:49am
These are crimnals disguised as Muslims .
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Feb 13, 2022 10:08am
That’s the way we are going, DOWN.
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Feb 13, 2022 10:12am
@UnpaidFastTrack, Muskan is an issue, this is not. Hypocrisy
These are ignorant criminals, Muskan is because of Indian government.
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Feb 13, 2022 10:14am
According to an eyewitness, a police team which reached the village well before stoning arrested the suspect but the growing mob snatched him from the SHO’s custody.
The way PML N and PPP left the police totally corrupted and crony recruitment, the public has no respect for police anymore.
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Feb 13, 2022 10:16am
With no one ready to listen to the suspect, who reportedly claimed innocence, the villagers first hanged him with a tree and then hit him with bricks, until he died.
Now it can happen to anyone at anytime. Judiciary has to step up firmly. Put such crimes through ATC, as its terrorism.
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Feb 13, 2022 10:26am
Another dark spot on the face of our country.
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Feb 13, 2022 10:31am
Damn the democracy if there are no laws.
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Feb 13, 2022 10:35am
Awesome, the home minister must get double award if there is one.
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Feb 13, 2022 10:43am
How many more people will be lynched when the state will wake up!
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Feb 13, 2022 10:47am
Barbarism
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Feb 13, 2022 10:53am
Will IK work to stop this? Or is he too busy lecturing orher countries on Islamophobia?
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Feb 13, 2022 10:54am
Law and order completely dead in Pakistan ever since PTI regime came to power via selectors.
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Feb 13, 2022 11:08am
Very disappointing, against LAWs of mighty. Inhuman and tells how illiterate these people are.
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Feb 13, 2022 11:09am
System is dead and always reactive.
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Feb 13, 2022 11:19am
18th century people.
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Feb 13, 2022 11:21am
He is good and seeking reports and doing nothing.
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Feb 13, 2022 11:21am
Why not just blame India and get it over with? No point in discussing something about which we are not capable of doing anything.
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Feb 13, 2022 11:43am
And IK wants foreign tourists to visit Pakistan?
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Feb 13, 2022 11:43am
Shame. Those who sit in glass house shouldn't throw stone on others.
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Feb 13, 2022 11:44am
Their heart cries for Indian Muslims but Pakistani Muslims are being killed by another Muslim in Pakistan.
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Feb 13, 2022 12:01pm
Disgusting!!!!!!
We still have not heard about Sialkot Lynchers!
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Feb 13, 2022 12:35pm
Who made announcement from the mosque? That person must be apprehended immediately.
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Feb 13, 2022 12:40pm
But what about Islamophobia in all of the world (except CHINA)?
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Feb 13, 2022 12:56pm
What a grave, gruesome, grisly, gigantic, grim, gross and great tragedy? Inna Lilla Hay Waa Inna Illehey Rajayoon.
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Feb 13, 2022 01:06pm
Pakistan should take this to the UN.
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Feb 13, 2022 01:08pm
Imran Khan
Wake up !!!
Say something!!!
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Feb 13, 2022 01:38pm
And you DARE lecture the world on Islamopjobia!!!
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Feb 13, 2022 01:40pm
Don't blame the government, Society is sick.
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Feb 13, 2022 02:03pm
Absolute Evil Animals.
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Feb 13, 2022 02:12pm
The mon snatching the victim from the hands of police tells the sorry story of the rule of law.
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Feb 13, 2022 02:40pm
Extremism is on rise in Punjab.
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Feb 13, 2022 02:53pm
Barbaric ideology
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Feb 13, 2022 04:17pm
And all of Pakistan gave a lecture on Hijab to India. What an irony !
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Feb 13, 2022 05:52pm
Naya Pakistan under IK is worst than Taliban but preach other countries about tolerance. At least now they know why Aussies and multi-national companies hesitate to come to Pakistan.
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Feb 13, 2022 07:04pm
Justice delayed is Justice denied. None of the past culprits have been punished so far, there is no justice system. Hence these lynching are bound to happen every now and then. Shameless Government!
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Feb 13, 2022 07:38pm
@SAM, govt is responsible for this radicalization in society
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Feb 13, 2022 11:01pm
@SAM, The government comes from that very same society….on and the same.
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Feb 14, 2022 12:56am
Do such things happen in any other Islamic country? Please, anyone ??
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