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,
Inquiry finds doctor accused of blasphemy was killed in fake police shootout
ISLAMABAD: An inquiry found that a doctor accused of blasphemy was killed in a fake police shootout last week after violent protests by Islamists, a minister said on Thursday, ordering criminal proceedings against the officers involved. It was the second such killing in police custody in a week.
Umerkot doctor accused of blasphemy killed in ‘fake’ police shootout: Sindh minister
KARACHI: An investigation found that Dr Shahnawaz Kunbhar, the blasphemy suspect in Umerkot, was killed in a “fake police encounter”, Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar
Sindh govt confirms Umerkot blasphemy accused killed in fake encounter
Provincial govt to file FIR against police officers involved in staged encounter if victim’s family steps back, says home minister
Blasphemy accused doctor from Umerkot was slain in ‘fake encounter’: Sindh Home Minister
KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar on Thursday presented the findings of an inquiry into the killing of a doctor accused of blasphemy by police in Mirpurkhas, saying the probe found that
Pakistan: Doctor accused of blasphemy was killed in fake encounter by police, says government
Pakistan's government on Thursday said that the doctor who was in custody on blasphemy accusations was killed by the police in a fake encounter.Ziaul Hassan, a provincial minister, accused the officers of lying about the details of his death,
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 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.
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Civil society protest extrajudicial killing of Umerkot blasphemy suspect
Dr Kunbhar's daughter addresses protesters; demonstrators urge PPP chairman to take action against its MNA, demand probe ...
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Outrage in Sindh: Public Decries Blasphemy Cases and Extrajudicial Killings
Thousands, including human rights activists, protested in Sindh, Pakistan over rising blasphemy cases and extrajudicial ...
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 ...
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Pakistan: Public remains agitated over brutality against blasphemy victim in Sindh
The general public and human rights activists in Pakistan remain agitated over the increasing number of blasphemy cases and ...