Lynching of Nigar Alam

On 6 May 2023, cleric Nigar Alam was lynched in Sawal Dher, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1][2]

Background
Main articles: Blasphemy in Pakistan, List of blasphemy cases in Pakistan, and Capital punishment in Pakistan

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. Dozens of people accused of blasphemy have been lynched, including a university student in Mardan in 2017.[1]

Lynching

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] 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]

References
  1. In Mardan, man lynched over blasphemy
  2. "Pakistani man beaten to death over alleged blasphemy remarks". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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