The verdict was criticised by the parents of Mashal, civil society, and the lawyers representing the slain student, with Mashal’s parents calling it “incomplete justice”. POLICE ‘NEGOTIATIONS’:Upon investigation, Pakistan Today has learnt that the murder took place while police was busy ‘negotiating’ with the university administration as police reached the campus early in the morning—at 10:00am. For instance, Wajid Malang—a convict handed down only three years—reached the university from a government-run college in Mardan and instigated people to murder Mashal for committing ‘blasphemy’ right under the police’s nose. In spite of being termed as “pre-meditated murder” by the Supreme Court-mandated JIT, 26 accused seen in the video were exonerated due to “insufficient evidence”. Pointing out the flaws in the system, he said the Mashal case had become a high-profile case therefore “justice was served” but in low-profile cases, like Junaid Hafeez and Shabqadar case—a principal was killed over blasphemy, nothing is ever done.

Source: Pakistan Today February 19, 2018 10:52 UTC