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<p>The incident took place on Saturday in the Sawal Dher area of Mardan City in the country’s ultra-conservative northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province</p>
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An Islamic scholar was lynched by a mob in the Sawal Dher area of Mardan City, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Saturday, according to an ANI report. The deceased was accused of blasphemy during a rally for former prime minister Imran Khan's political outfit Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The man was beaten to death by the mob after being accused of blasphemy at a rally, officials said Sunday.