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  • Mob surrounds Angeline Malik after car accident

    Mob surrounds Angeline Malik after car accident

    Known for her captivating appearances in several dramas, actress, director, and producer Angeline Malik recently found herself in a difficult situation after a car accident in Karachi. A video of Angelina Malik has gone viral on social media where a crowd can be seen surrounding Malik and her car.
     
    In the video, Angeline Malik can be seen saying, “I’m not running away, give me my phone, I want to call someone.”
    There was no loss of life in the accident, however, Angeline’s car did crash into other vehicles after the video went viral.

    Here is the video:

     
    The incident took place at Seaview on August 28 and went viral on social media, prompting the police to issue a clarification on Friday that the matter was resolved amicably between the actor and the complainant.
     
    On Wednesday night, while the actress was driving her double cabin car on Seaview Road close to Nishan-i-Pakistan, when a tyre burst, says South DIG Syed Asad Raza.
     
    According to the police office, authorities arrived quickly and took control of the situation. He claimed that after both sides were taken to the Darakshan police station, they came to an amicable agreement and the issue was settled.
     
     
    Some colleagues of Angelina Malik from the entertainment industry also spoke in her favour and shared their views on Instagram. Actresses Amar Khan, Ghana Ali, Ayesha Omer, and Rubina Ashraf posted stories on their Instagrams to show their support.

    Here are some stories:

  • Justice still pending as Jaranwala incident marks one year

    Justice still pending as Jaranwala incident marks one year

    The Christian community in Jaranwala is still awaiting justice one year after the mob attack on their community. The government of Pakistan had promised to provide justice to the victims of the vandalized Christian community and to punish those involved in the violence, but their efforts appear to have been ineffective.

    On August 16, 2023, two Christian residents were allegedly accused of blasphemy, a charge that was later disproved. Despite this, a large mob went on to vandalize 20 churches and around 80 Christian homes.

    Amnesty International has reported that more than 40 percent of the affected Christian families are still awaiting government compensation.

    Out of the 5,213 suspects, 380 were arrested, but 305 individuals were released on court orders.

    Only 85 out of 146 families have received compensation so far, while 61 are still waiting for their due.

    ‘’We saw our houses in complete shambles as the building would soon collapse. To date, we have received no support. My husband is unemployed for a year because no one hires him (due to stigma). Many people received the promised compensation of 2 million rupees (US$7,200), but we did not receive it’’ said Jaranwala resident Christian Khalida Bano.

    The apex court disapproved the police report on the Jaranwala incident in February 2024, stating that it lacked the required information.

    One year later, trials against the culprits have yet to commence.

  • Tehreek-e-Labaik mob dig up Ahmadi grave in Sheikhupura

    Tehreek-e-Labaik mob dig up Ahmadi grave in Sheikhupura

    In a viral video that emerged on social media, a frenzied mob can be seen exhuming an Ahmadi from his grave, boasting to have done a sacred act while Ahmadis were seen helplessly sitting across the graveyard covering their faces.

    The video has been widely shared and garnered reactions from people all across social media.

    Filmmaker and activist Ali Raza shared the video and said, “Reports coming in that Maulvis in Sheikhupura dug out an Ahmadi grave and destroyed the tombstone. These are same poor people who we help through charity, who comes to the world that Allah is putting them through a test and we feel for them and now we know why!”

    Mona Farooq Ahmed suggested, “State needs to act & rectify, before reaching a point when rectification is impossible.”

    Journalist Kalbe Ali questioned: “Whats the difference btween extremist Right wing RSS type hindus , Zionist /settler Israelis and these Muslims in Pakistan who are vandalising grave of someone Ahmadi of faith.

    TV anchor Rabia Anum shared her thoughts on X, “We can never claim to be better than israelis, some of us are worse than them infact whenever and wherever we get a chance. Whether it’s desecrating graves, mistreating our servants, beating up our spouses OR putting people behind bars because they have different political views. We are not better.”

    Author and Lawyer Yasser Latif Hamdani posted, “While everyone plays election election this is what you are doing to Ahmadis in Pakistan. “Ghairatmand Muslims” attacking dead bodies now. The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution is a crime against humanity. This is what it has led to.”

    A netizen Ali Kazmi tweeted, “Pathetic act of cowardice … Our prophet never imparted any such teachings and neither did his disciples.”

  • Mob in Karachi lynches two telecom workers to death mistaking them as child kidnappers

    Two employees of a telecommunication company were lynched by an angry mob on Friday in Karachi over rumours of child kidnapping. The incident took place in Machar Colony, where two employees of the telecom company were tortured to death by the mob when they came to check the signals of the cellular network in the area.

    Meanwhile, DIG South took notice of the incident and sought a report from Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kiamari, Fida Hussain Janwari, in this regard.
    SSP Kiamari said that both people were employees of a telecom company. “All aspects of the incident are being investigated,” he said.

    The police also confirmed that the victim’s vehicle, bearing registration number ALB- 946, was set on fire.

    Arif, the cousin of one of the victims, Aiman Javed, told reporters at the Civil Hospital’s Trauma Center that the victim was the youngest of his four siblings and had earned an engineering degree from Sindh University.

    “He was working at a telecom company and belonged to Thatta. He was about to get married after some time,” Arif said.

    Meanwhile, the uncle of the other lynched man, Saeed Ishaq Panwhar, also spoke to the media and revealed that he was employed as a driver at the telecom company for the last four to five months.

  • Twitterati praise Police, Rangers for saving blasphemy-accused from charged mob

    Twitterati praise Police, Rangers for saving blasphemy-accused from charged mob

    The Sindh Police and Rangers dispersed a mob that had gathered outside the home of a Hindu sanitary worker accused of alleged blasphemy on Sunday. The incident took place in Hyderabad, Sindh.

    People on social media are praising the role of the law enforcement agencies for saving the accused from the charged mob.

    Have a look at some reactions:

    https://twitter.com/alysalmaan/status/1561453107803979776

    https://twitter.com/Natsecjeff/status/1561386456739971073
    What happened?

    According to the police, a Hindu sanitary worker was targeted as a result of a personal dispute with a local resident. The accused man has been identified as Ashok Kumar, and he was charged with blasphemy under Section 295-B for allegedly desecrating the Quran.

    The case was registered on the complaint of Bilal, son of Bundo Khan Abbasi.

    After the news spread, a charged mob gathered around an apartment building and demanded that he should be handed over.

    Police then dispersed the violent mob.

  • Mob beats up woman reportedly in Lahore Park

    A video is doing rounds on social media that shows several people beating a woman reportedly in a park in Lahore.

    A mob can be seen physically assaulting a woman while a few people helped her and dragged her out of that crowd.

    https://youtu.be/iQqU-E8QJfs

    Earlier, two more women were harassed in separate incidents on August 14 that sparked outrage on social media.

  • Hindu temple attack: CJP reprimands authorities over no arrests

    Hindu temple attack: CJP reprimands authorities over no arrests

    Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed rebuked the Punjab Police chief for failing to take action to protect the Hindu temple from a mob in Rahim Yar Khan. The CJP directed him to arrest all culprits involved in the incident.

    Justice Gulzar had shown concern over the tragic incident and summoned Chief Secretary Punjab and IG Punjab to appear at the apex court and submit a report on the incident.

    During the hearing today, the CJP expressed anger over the incident and criticised the officials. “Three days have passed, but no one has been arrested.”

    He said the police acted as a silent spectator while the mob vandalised the temple. “What were the police and administration doing?” the CJP questioned.

     IGP Inam Ghani informed the court that terrorism clauses have been added in the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against the mob.

    CJP added, “If the deputy commissioner and the DPO cannot perform their duties, they should be fired.”

    Justice Amin said police have failed to perform their duty.

    “Had there been professional officers in the force, the issue would have been solved by now.”

    “Think, how would Muslims have reacted if a mosque was attacked,” CJP Gulzar remarked, adding that one should think about how the incident would impact Pakistani Hindus.

    The Supreme Court ordered the officials to submit a report on the next hearing on August 13.

    On Wednesday, hundreds of people reportedly vandalised a Hindu temple in Bhong town and blocked the Sukkur-Multan Motorway (M-5) after a nine-year-old Hindu boy, who allegedly urinated in a local seminary.

  • ‘There is no corona’: Mob attacks Karachi hospital as health workers remain at risk amid rising fatalities

    ‘There is no corona’: Mob attacks Karachi hospital as health workers remain at risk amid rising fatalities

    In yet another incident of a hospital being ransacked by survivors of a deceased coronavirus patient, a mob on Friday night attacked Civil Hospital Karachi while also harassing and attempting to assault the medical staff on duty.

    According to the hospital’s management, at least 70 people entered the hospital and took the body of the deceased from the emergency ward.

    The hospital’s medical superintendent, Dr Khadim Qureshi, reportedly confirmed the incident and said the police were asked to lodge an FIR [First Information Report] against those involved in the attack.

    No medical staffer were, however, injured in the attack.

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    “Doctors are demanding security. It’s hard for them to work under this kind of situation,” Dr Qureshi said.

    Another doctor who was on duty at the time, said the incident took place at around 11 pm. He and other doctors on duty were also tortured and abused. “It’s the third time in a week, ” he claimed, alleging that the police deployed outside the hospital gate did not help the medical staff.

    While no arrests have been made as of yet and doctors have demanded deployment of Sindh Rangers for security, it is worth mentioning that it is not the first incident of its kind as hospitals across the country are being attacked every day amid the rising number of deaths due to COVID-19.

    Among other incidents being reported across the country, over a dozen people last week barged into and vandalised the isolation ward at Karachi’s Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) after a coronavirus patient being treated there died, officials said.

    Videos taken of the ward, where 37 coronavirus patients were being treated, after the attack showed pieces of glass, furniture and fans strewn on the floor. The glass windows of a counter were also shattered.

    Pakistan has so far reported 1,395 deaths due to the novel virus.

  • Christian youngster killed for ‘polluting’ tube-well water by bathing in it

    Christian youngster killed for ‘polluting’ tube-well water by bathing in it

    A Christian labourer, who was tortured by local landowners in Kasur three days ago on accusations of “polluting” their tube-well water by bathing in it, succumbed to his injuries on Friday, Pakistan Today reported.

    The report quoted the deceased’s family members as saying that 22-year-old Saleem Masih on Thursday was brought to General Hospital in a critical condition from Chunian tehsil.

    “On February 25, Saleem had finished unloading chaff in fields in Baguyana village and was rinsing himself off in the tube-well when a group of men, including Sher Dogar, Iqbal, Altaf, Jabbar and Haji Muhammad, rushed over, yanked him out of the water and began beating him,” Saleem’s father Ghafoor Masih said.

    “They cursed and abused Saleem for ‘polluting’ the water, calling him a ‘filthy Christian’,” Masih claimed, adding that the assailants then dragged the youth to their cattle farm, where they chained his hands and feet and continued to torture him with sticks and rods. “They also rolled a thick iron rod over Saleem’s entire body, causing multiple fractures and internal injuries.”

    Ghafoor said that the family was informed about the incident by police officials four hours after his son was taken hostage and tortured.

    “When we reached the cattle farm, we found Saleem lying unconscious on the ground, his face and body bloodied,” he said. He alleged that according to Dogar and the other men, Saleem had “committed a crime by dirtying” their well water and that his punishment was “justified”.

    Masih said that after much pleading, the family was allowed to take Saleem to the hospital while the police acted like spectators.

    Accusing the Ila Abad Police of favouring the accused, Pakistan Center for Law and Justice (PCLJ) Executive Director Napolean Qayyum said that police had helped the five men obtain bail after briefly holding them in custody.

    He said successive governments have failed to reform a deeply corrupt police system that often shows religious prejudice toward minority and marginalized communities.

    “The police’s attitude is often biased when they deal with matters relating to blasphemy, forced conversions and marriages of girls belonging to minority faiths, and even in minor disputes,” Qayyum said. “In this instance, for example, the police favoured the accused and helped them in getting bail even though a young man’s life was at serious risk.”

    Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Ejaz Alam Augustine said that the incident was in his knowledge and stern action would be taken against the perpetrators and the police officials concerned.

    Regarding the family’s claim that their son’s killing was religiously motivated, Augustine said the incident was a result of the mindset that prevails in society. “No law can change such a mindset. The government is trying to promote tolerance for the other faiths but it is an uphill task that cannot be achieved overnight.”

    It merits a mention that Kasur is the same district where an illiterate young Christian couple was beaten and burned to death by a frenzied mob in 2014 over false allegations of blasphemy. Shahzad and Shama Masih, 26 and 24 respectively, had been accused of desecrating pages of the Holy Quran along with other household waste.

    The mob beat the two with sticks and stones before burning them in a brick kiln in front of police officials who stood watching. Postmortem reports revealed that the two were alive when they were thrown into the kiln.

    After the attack, it emerged that the couple had been falsely accused. The pages that the family burned were their personal documents.