Share:There are some incidents that are so heinous and reprehensible that they remain etched in memory forever. The mob torture and lynching of two brothers in Sialkot in 2010 was one such incident that shocked the nation due to the extremes of violence that citizens can be capable of. The incident that occurred on Friday, also in Sialkot, will also be remembered as one of the most appalling, abominable episodes to happen in the history of the country. Special Assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister on Information Hassan Khawar and Punjab IG Rao Sardar Ali Khan, Special Representative for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi condemned the lynching on “behalf of all ulemas” and said that it had “defaced Islam”. The government must not repeat the mistakes it made in the Mashal Khan lynching, where it took years to hold those involved in the mob to be sentenced, with a lot of the culprits being let off.

Source: The Nation December 04, 2021 06:59 UTC