Faisalabad, Punjab | 6 January 1992 He was a teacher, a former headmaster and a poet. He had not been convicted of any crime. No student had reportedly complained...
Lahore, Pakistan | 1990–1992 A man confined to a wheelchair. A blasphemy allegation he never lived long enough to answer at trial. Repeated warnings that his life was in...
Dr Shahnawaz Kunbhar was accused of blasphemy in Umerkot in September 2024. Police claimed he died in a shootout, but a Sindh government inquiry later found the encounter had...
Muhammad Ismail, a tourist from Punjab, was detained for protection after a blasphemy allegation in Madyan in June 2024. A mob stormed the police station, took him from custody...
Nazir Masih, an elderly Christian businessman, was severely beaten during a mob attack in Sargodha in May 2024 after allegations of Quran desecration. He died from his injuries on...
Blasphemy allegations against two Christian men triggered widespread violence in Jaranwala in August 2023. More than 20 churches and scores of Christian homes were attacked, burned or damaged.
Maulana Nigar Alam, a Muslim cleric, was killed by a mob at a political rally in Mardan in May 2023 after some participants interpreted words in his concluding prayer...
Muhammad Waris was already in police custody when a mob stormed Warburton Police Station in Nankana Sahib in 2023, dragged him from his cell and lynched him over a...
Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel were sentenced to death in 2014 over alleged blasphemous text messages. After seven years on death row, Lahore High Court acquitted the Christian couple...
Mashal Khan, a 23-year-old university student, was lynched in Mardan in 2017 after being accused of blasphemy. A later official investigation found no evidence supporting the allegation.
