A Muslim scholar killed after his speech at an opposition party’s rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was deemed blasphemous.
A Pakistani man has been beaten to death for allegedly making blasphemous remarks during an opposition party rally in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a local police official told Al Jazeera.
Nigar Alam, a local Muslim scholar, was asked to give a speech at a rally organised by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in the village of Sawaldher in Mardan district.
Video of the lynching has been shared widely on social media, with police seen vainly trying to stop a frenzied mob from beating the man.
Alam’s body was taken to hospital for further proceedings and an investigation is under way, the official said.