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The victim, 72-year-old Nazir Masih, was beaten by an angry mob. His business and home were set on fire, as police failed to intervene. His family is on the run, while he lays in hospital in critical condition. Nine months after violence in Jaranwala, the Christian community in Punjab province continues to be the victim of the same hostility.
An elderly Christian is fighting for his life in the hospital after a Muslim mob in Pakistan attempted to kill him due to a neighbor falsely accusing him of burning pages of the Quran, his family said.
In a tragic incident of violence against the Christian community, a mob brutally beat a Christian man, set his house and factory ablaze over accusations of blasphemy in Sargodha's Mujahid Colony on May 25, 2024, representing yet another instance of escalating violence against Christians in Punjab.