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2023 murder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
On 6 May 2023, cleric Nigar Alam was lynched in Sawal Dher , Mardan District , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan for allegedly making blasphemous remarks.[1] [2]
Background [ edit ]
Blasphemy laws were implemented in British India in 1860.[1] In present-day Pakistan, it carries the death penalty . Pakistan has sentenced people to death for blasphemy, but not executed anyone for it.[1]
Lynching [ edit ]
On 6 May 2023, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rally took place in Sawal Dher in Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwestern Pakistan.[1] Local cleric Nigar Alam allegedly made blasphemous remarks as the gathering was about to conclude.[1] He allegedly said that he "respects PTI chairman Imran Khan like a Prophet as he is an honest man".[3] Police escorted Alam into a shop in the market to protect him from an angry crowd. The mob broke into the shop and beat him to death.[1]
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