Pakistan: Anti terrorism court sentences man to death
ANI
01 Jul 2021, 04:18 GMT+10
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): A Pakistan anti-terrorism court has sentenced a man to death for killing his employer over blasphemy allegations.
The convict, Ahmed Nawaz, who was posted as a security guard at the National Bank of Pakistan branch in Quaidabad tehsil of Punjab s Khushab district, had shot dead the branch manager, Malik Imran Hanif, in November last year.
The guard had claimed to have killed Hanif over committing blasphemy, with a video circulating on social media in which he could be heard saying that the deceased manager had insulted the prophet , Dawn reportedOther videos shared on Twitter showed the guard being greeted by a crowd of supporters after killing the manager. The security guard and the mob then raised slogans as they walked on the street.
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