1 sentenced to death, 5 get 25 years jail "ATC announces verdict in Mashal Khan lynching case "

[jamahir]

The JIT report had said that Mashal was murdered in line with a plan allegedly hatched by Sabir Mayar, the president of the Pakhtun Students Federation (PSF) and Ajmal, the president of the employees at AWKU, where Mashal was studying Mass Communication.

Mashal had been vocal about the rights of students at the university and even challenged the appointment of a new vice chancellor (VC) at the university to ensure that students were able to obtain their degrees, which is not possible without the VC's signature, the report had added.

Days before he was lynched by the mob, Mashal in an interview to Khyber news channel, had spoken against activities at the university and the administration.

Was there really straight criminal activity also in the campus or is this an attempt to cover up the extent of mullah activities on the campus??

@Mugwop

 

[Ocean]

There were roughly over 100-200 people present there


The question on my mind is how did the culprits manage to gather so many people to commit this heinous crime.
How did they convince them that mk was a communist?

I dont know. Some people said it was a politically motivated murder disguised as a blasphemy lynching. Also south asia and our part of the world has mob mentality mindset regardless of which sect and faith group prople come from, like two years back lahore church bombings a christian mob lynched and killed an innocent muslim guy on suspicion of being a terrorist. In case of muslim pakistanis it gets little more worst as there is a msileading punishment made a part of constitution where blasphemer could be handed a death sentence ; tho no one has been hanged ever in paks history on blasphemy conviction , but punsihment is there and people are brainwashed by aalims that blasphemer deserves death sentence. Also lets even ignore death part , lets say leave it in constitution but issue is masses have been brain washed into thinking they can attack a blasphemer and harm and lynch them.

Maulvis have failed to play their part in creating that awakening amongst people that under no circumstances you should take law in your hands and NEVER RESORT TO MOB JUSITICE , also they fail to educate them that you need to follwo sunnahs of prophet more and islam in true spirit if you really respect islam instead of just pinning your faiths strength with punishing so and so blasphemer. Plus our people are very hypocritical they will watch pron and all sorts of shytt, lie ,cheat , steal but tell them to join a crowd to beat some blapshemers, withput much proofs they will get roused and jump into the ground. Its a very unfortunate side of our society that noone wants to fix.

Now frankly what went im exactly in mashaals case is not known to me. But all those students who were silent watchers cpuld have intervened and stopped the beasty act.

 

[MystryMan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/961507628076687360

the prosecution should use this confession as evidence in the appeal against their acquittal.

 

[Solomon2]

...Maulvis have failed to play their part in creating that awakening amongst people that under no circumstances you should take law in your hands and NEVER RESORT TO MOB JUSITICE , also they fail to educate them that you need to follwo sunnahs of prophet more and islam in true spirit if you really respect islam instead of just pinning your faiths strength with punishing so and so blasphemer. Plus our people are very hypocritical they will watch pron and all sorts of shytt, lie ,cheat , steal but tell them to join a crowd to beat some blapshemers, withput much proofs they will get roused and jump into the ground. Its a very unfortunate side of our society that noone wants to fix...

"...Mobs don’t appear out of a vacuum and public violence is never apolitical. Rather, mobs are products of a long process of social engineering. They are conditioned into self-righteousness by a constant of stream of villainous ideas and statements, whereby a beautiful soul like Mashal is dehumanised to the point that his lynching became a necessity and a celebration.

"Mobs go on rampage to silence those who dissent. Their goal is to publically reinforce the boundaries of what’s ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. A mob can become active at a moment’s notice. It doesn’t wait for or need proof; if it smells blood, it unleashes itself...Mobs are products of a society that wants conformity; an inquisitive and humanistic person like Mashal was always in danger of facing its wrath no matter where and when -"

- Dawn, April 18, 2017

 

[Solomon2]

The Express Tribune‏Verified account @etribune 4m4 minutes ago
K-P govt to appeal against acquittal of 26 accused

THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE

Mashal murder case: Bailable warrants out for 26 accused acquitted by ATC
By Our Correspondent
Published: April 17, 2018

Journalism student Mashal Khan was shot and brutally lynched on campus on April 13. PHOTO COURTESY: FACEBOOK

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for 26 accused acquitted by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the Mashal Khan murder case.

The court also admitted all appeals filed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government and Mashal’s family against the ATC verdict.

The high court’s two-judge bench comprising Justice Qalandar Ali Khan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim heard the arguments of Additional Advocate General Mian Arshad Jan and the lawyer for Mashal’s family, Muhammad Ayaz Khan, and admitted all appeals for regular hearing along with other connected appeals filed by the respondent in the PHC’s Abbottabad registry.

Meanwhile, the bench also ordered issuance of bailable arrest warrants for the 26 accused in the sum of Rs100,000 with two surety bonds each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Mardan’s anti-terrorism court. They also have been directed to assure the court that they will remain in the country until the final judgment of the high court in the appeals is handed down.

The 26 accused were acquitted by an ATC judge on February 7 this year. The ATC had also awarded death penalty to one man and sentenced five convicts to 25 years in prison and other 25 to three years in jail.

“The case of criminal conspiracy has been proved which was proceeded over lynching and Qatl-e-Amd (intentional murder),” argued AAG Mian Arshad Jan.

“All the accused had a common objective to brutally murder Mashal Khan and hence there was no ground whatsoever for their acquittal,” he asserted.

Admitting the appeals for hearing , Justice Qalandar Ali Khan said: “The contention of the AAG would require more consideration, together with reappraisal of evidences on the file, hence, the appeals are admitted for regular hearing.”

Arguing for the enhancement of punishment from life imprisonment to death sentences for five convicts, the AAG said: “Having played active and effective roles in the pre-planned lynching and gruesome murder of Mashal Khan, the five convicts deserve the normal penalty of death.”

He added that they were shown leniency in the matter of sentence and were awarded a lesser penalty of life for no cogent reasons. Moreover, according to the advocate general, appeals have also been filed by the convicted respondents, which are pending before the court and are yet to be fixed for hearing. “Therefore, the court has also admitted for regular hearing along with the appeals by the respondents against the conviction and sentence. The court has issued notices to the respondents for a date in office, along with connected appeals against the conviction of respondents.”

He said the appellants have also challenged the three-year sentence for 25 accused and had asked the court for enhancement of their punishments. Those 25 convicts have been released by the PHC on bail.

The AAG and the lawyer of Mashal’s family contended that the case of prosecution against the 25 respondents had been proved with provision of solid evidences against them, yet they were acquitted by the ATC.

The two also asked the court to enhance punishment of Imran Ali, the shooter, who was given death penalty by the ATC under section 302 of the CrPC. They argued that Ali had also played an active role in gathering the mob for lynching; therefore, he deserved a harsher punishment.

The court has admitted all the appeals for regular hearing and issued notices to the respondents.