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Pakistan says police responsible for killing a doctor accused of blasphemy
Pakistan’s government said Thursday that police had orchestrated the killing of a doctor who was in custody after he was accused of blasphemy. Officers then lied about the circumstances of his death,
Pakistan police kill doctor for impiety
MULTAN, Pakistan -- Pakistan's government said Thursday that police had orchestrated the killing of a doctor who was in custody after he was accused of blasphemy. Officers then lied about the circumstances of his death, claiming he was killed in a shootout between police and armed men, a provincial minister said.
The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy in Pakistan says police killed him in a fake encounter
The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy says he was killed by police while in custody in southern Pakistan after he voluntarily surrendered following assurances that he would be given a chance to prove his innocence,
Police Celebrated After Blasphemy Suspect Killed in Pakistan
This incident follows another killing just a week earlier when a man in police custody in southwestern Pakistan was shot dead by a police officer after being accused of blasphemy. These cases reflect the volatile nature of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and have raised fears that police, pressured by extremist groups, are bypassing the legal process.
Investigation Reveals Fake Police Shootout in Pakistan Blasphemy Case
An investigation found that a doctor, accused of blasphemy, was killed in a staged police shootout in Pakistan. The incident followed violent protests by local clerics. Criminal proceedings have been ordered against the responsible officers,
Pakistan police fatally shoot blasphemy suspect in second such killing in a week
Police in southern Pakistan shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men, officials said Thursday, the second such apparent extra-judicial killing in a week, drawing condemnation from human rights groups.
Pakistan police shoot dead blasphemy suspect
Dr Kanbhar had gone into hiding on Tuesday after being accused of insulting Islam’s prophet Muhammad and sharing blasphemous content on social media. He is the second blasphemy suspect in Pakistan to be shot dead in the space of a week.
Pakistani police are responsible for killing a doctor held in a blasphemy claim, the government says
Pakistan’s government says its investigation shows that police had orchestrated the killing of a doctor accused of blasphemy while he was held in custody last week
Pakistan Inquiry Finds Doctor Accused of Blasphemy Was Killed in Fake Police Shootout
An inquiry found that a doctor accused of blasphemy was killed in a fake police shootout last week in Pakistan after violent protests by Islamists, a government minister said on Thursday, ordering criminal proceedings against the officers involved.
Demands for justice: Doctor accused of blasphemy is killed in Pakistan police custody
Thousands in Pakistan are partaking in rare and remarkable protests against blasphemy vigilantes after a doctor accused of offending Islam was killed in police custody.
Pakistan: Police blasphemy killings raise new concerns
Activists say two separate cases of police killing men accused of blasphemy have opened a new dimension in a long-running human rights problem for Pakistan.Last week, Shah Nawaz, a 32- year-old doctor in Pakistan's Sindh province,
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Seven labourers killed by gunmen in Pakistan's southern Balochistan
Gunmen killed seven workers in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan late on Saturday, police said. Armed men stormed a residence where labourers from eastern Punjab province were staying ...
Gunmen storm a house and kill 7 workers in Pakistan’s southwest
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a house and killed seven laborers and wounded an eighth in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, a police official said Saturday. The workers were all from ...
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Pakistan: Militants gun down 7 labourers in Balochistan
Seven labourers were killed in an attack in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, the spokesperson of the provincial government said. The attack happened at about 10:00 p.m. local time on ...
Attack on foreign diplomats' convoy kills police officer in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A roadside bomb hit a convoy of foreign diplomats visiting northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing a ...