Baba_Yaga
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The issue is that of how common such things are in either country. Both have a problem, however in Pakistan such violence happens occasionally. Also the last chap was sent to the gallows (Mumtaz Qadri for his murder in the blasphemy case) despite a lot of pressure from some (it was not everybody) in the right.
Blasphemy laws have been there in Pakistan for a long time, from the 1970s. This cow slaughter violence in India is only 6-7 years old, ever since Modi came to power. So if we take a longer time period(like 50 years) rather than just the past 7 years, we will find that number of those lynched for beef is lesser than the number of those lynched for blasphemy.
Also add to that the fact that minorities in Pakistan are about 3%, compared to 20% in India. Plus we have 7 times the population. So obviously, due to these factors, while the number of lynchings for beef might be higher, the likelihood for a person being lynched for beef would be lower than the likelihood for being lynched for blasphemy.
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