The Mashal Khan case took an ugly turn during the hearings when Abdullah, the eyewitness in the lynching case, pardoned the suspects.
Source/Credit: Daily Pakistan
By Mahmood Idrees | February 7, 2018
Mashal, a journalism student of the Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, was lynched last year on blasphemy allegations
An anti-terrorism court in Haripur on Wednesday awarded death sentence to prime accused and jail terms to 30 others in Mashal Khan murder case.
ATC Judge Fazal Subhar while announcing verdict in the heavily guarded Haripur Central Jail imposed death penalty on Imran Ali, who had confessed to shooting Mashal. The court sentenced five suspects to 25 years in jail and 25 others are to be jailed for four years.
The ATC acquitted 26 accused in the case due to lack of evidences against them. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced to file a review petition against the release of 26 accused.
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