Member were arrested for Burning a Christan couple alive
Christian couple burn to death in Pakistan
In 2014 a gang with 20
Member were arrested for Burning a Christan couple alive. Today a court based Punjab province of Pakistan have cleared the conviction from this gang.
Shahzad Masih and Shama Shahzad ,the brick factory workers were burned alive in an industrial kiln ,they were accused of insulting and burning Quran. This happend in «kot Radha Kishan» in Punjab. After the attack ,it emerged that the couple had been falsely accused,then police arrested a number of villagers in the case. An antiterrorism court in Lahore in November 2016 sentenced five men to death and 10 others to jail .That court also acuquitted 93 suspects in the case in 2016.
At a later stage , the court acquitted 20 other suspects.Blasphemy is a sensitive issue in Pakistan .
Since 1980 in Pakistan a law stated that the consequences of blasphemy is execution.
The U.S. State Department has said Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are often used as justification for mob justice.