Pakistan vet charged with blasphemy, Hindu-owned shops targeted by mob

[Rishikesh]

An angry crowd set fire to his clinic near Mirpur Khas, Sindh province, and other Hindu-owned shops were looted.

The vet said his use of the paper, apparently torn from an Islamic studies school textbook, was a mistake.

If he is convicted he could be sentenced to life in prison.

Pakistan's blasphemy laws carry harsh penalties for anyone who insults Islam. Critics say they target a disproportionate number of people from religious minorities.

According to reports, the vet had used pages from the school textbook to wrap up medicines for a customer with sick livestock. But the customer saw Islamic religious content on the pages and went to a local cleric who informed police.

Maulana Hafeez-ur-Rehman, a local leader of the religious political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami, told BBC Urdu that the doctor had done it deliberately.

According to police, the vet has insisted that his use of the paper was a mistake.

He has since been charged with insulting religious beliefs and defiling the Koran and faces life in prison.

Four shops, including the vet's clinic and a medical store, were ransacked and then set alight, local journalists reported.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-48438333

 

[Zorro]

Lol, the life of minority’s in Pakistan

 

[Slog]

This is clearly a mistake even though it is against the law. The unparh jahil mob will obviously not use their common sense but hopefully they are taken to task

 

[gazza619]

sickening.

Each and every of the angry crowd should instead be imprisoned for life

 

[slipcatch]

Probably didn’t give discount to disgruntled customer.

Pakistan needs to abolish blasphemy law immediately or the savior of Islam will continue to abuse it to blame innocent minority.

 

[PakLFC]

When this is still happening in Pak I don't know why people here are obsessed with Indian Muslims. Then there are those who think there were no forced conversions of Hindu's at the time of independence. Pak Hindu's are our own people not Indian Muslim's.

 

[shaykh]

Where was this man's courage?...why didn't he just fight the mob and prevent them from burning down his clinic?...these guys aren't Mike Tyson...a little roundhouse kick and that mob would have run away scared...

 

[Mamoon]

“Will show Modi government how to treat minorities” - Imran Khan

Another day, another humiliation for Kaptaan.

 

[kukkad kamaal]

sad to hear about this

 

[Itachi]

Isn't it horrifying that they can actually legally practise the law while executing their actions?

 

[Slog]

“Will show Modi government how to treat minorities” - Imran Khan

Another day, another humiliation for Kaptaan.

How is this on him? Kuch bhi

These are laws and mentalities which have been entrenched for decades and will take a while to remove

 

[Itachi]

How is this on him? Kuch bhi

These are laws and mentalities which have been entrenched for decades and will take a while to remove

... Hence the hypocrisy has been established.

 

[Slog]

... Hence the hypocrisy has been established.

What are you even saying? Or did you just want to throw that line becuase you’ve been holding on to it for a while and weren’t getting right opportunity. No one ever claimed Pakistan is heaven for minorities. Both are bad

Anyways this whole logic is stupid. If country A has a problem then it’s citizens cannot point out problems of country B. Both countries can point out and aim to fix both problems.

 

[Asim_khan]

“Will show Modi government how to treat minorities” - Imran Khan

Another day, another humiliation for Kaptaan.

This is in Sindh isn't it? Aren't you currently championing PPP?

Unless governor rule has come in, I'd have thought this was on your boys

 

[slipcatch]

Isn't it horrifying that they can actually legally practise the law while executing their actions?

It certainly is and should be amended or abolished.

To your other comments, it isn’t hypocrisy when you openly acknowledge short coming of Pakistan instead of saying, “ I live there and I know minority aren’t being lynched for transporting an animal.”

You can’t compare the people of Pakistan with Bhakths and hindutva, they would support Modi shooting a person in a day light in the middle of the street.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Can't imagine the fear with which the minorities live in Pakistan. Hope that sanity prevails and India doesn't become like Pakistan one day.

 

[Kriketer]

Absolute garbage law and needs to be abolished sooner rather than later. Has nothing to do with Islam. Only scary thing is amount of fanatic mullahs we have in our country, it would sure lead to a lot of violent protests and attacks, but we can have our army take care of them.

 

[Hitman]

And then Pakistanis have the nerve to preach minority rights to India. Get your house in order before lecturing others, which by the way is as likely as snowing in the middle of a desert. When your constitution itself contains these blasphemy laws at this day snd age, what more needs to be said.

 

[Kriketer]

“Will show Modi government how to treat minorities” - Imran Khan

Another day, another humiliation for Kaptaan.

How do you even come up with such claims? Any man with a common sense knows you can't directly blame the PM. Imran does speak up against such incidents against minorities, while Modi turns blind eye.

Imran is here to stay and will stay for good. No amount of complains from you or your beloved corrupt choor party is ever changing that

 

[Kriketer]

And then Pakistanis have the nerve to preach minority rights to India. Get your house in order before lecturing others, which by the way is as likely as snowing in the middle of a desert. When your constitution itself contains these blasphemy laws at this day snd age, what more needs to be said.

We do speak up against it. Atleast it's not a common day theme in Pakistan, unlike India where it is pretty much a daily trend. Funny how you guys even have the nerve to compare. Go set your falling house in order then lecture others.

 

[Itachi]

It certainly is and should be amended or abolished.

To your other comments, it isn’t hypocrisy when you openly acknowledge short coming of Pakistan instead of saying, “ I live there and I know minority aren’t being lynched for transporting an animal.”

You can’t compare the people of Pakistan with Bhakths and hindutva, they would support Modi shooting a person in a day light in the middle of the street.

Hypocrisy was in the context of when in case of Pakistan, the fault is given to the people but in case of india, the fault is attributed to the govt for same kind of offense.

 

[Itachi]

We do speak up against it. Atleast it's not a common day theme in Pakistan, unlike India where it is pretty much a daily trend. Funny how you guys even have the nerve to compare. Go set your falling house in order then lecture others.

In case of Pakistan, it is institutional. The system itself is promoting it. That's bigger danger than some outlaw people committing violence here and there.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Many Hindu shops in that area have been burnt, will there be any compensation for the innocent people? We shouldn't do point scoring here, empathy for the poor victims of injustice should be the only talking point.

 

[Rafa]

Thia is shameful and people in Pakistan are not supporting it so that's the difference between the two countries.

 

[USaqaf]

And Imran Khan was going to show India how to treat minorities. SMH.

 

[slipcatch]

Hypocrisy was in the context of when in case of Pakistan, the fault is given to the people but in case of india, the fault is attributed to the govt for same kind of offense.

Because government of India, directly or indirectly promote it to fetch votes.

Now please do not come back with "government of India doesn't"

 

[shaykh]

Thia is shameful and people in Pakistan are not supporting it so that's the difference between the two countries.

Isn't part of the problem that the people do support it?...

I've always got the impression that governments in Pakistan aren't particularly interested in this law but have to satisfy the religious public...

It's a case of the people being more extreme than the government...

Kinda for that reason I think it's important to keep the law in place...not cos I think it's good...but if it's removed it will simply lead to vigilantism on a large scale...

 

[CCAD]

Because government of India, directly or indirectly promote it to fetch votes.

Now please do not come back with "government of India doesn't"

Pakistan’s constituation and law supportes it. A fact.
Can’t say same about India.

 

[slipcatch]

Pakistan’s constituation and law supportes it. A fact.
Can’t say same about India.

LOL.

Off course it does, who has denied it?

But why are the people of India supporting bigotry when the constitution and law doesn't support it?