LHC admits petition against Kot Radha Kishan killings

Christian couple were lynched and thrown in a brick kiln by an angry mob on November 4


Rana Yasif November 13, 2014

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday admitted a petition filed by Javed Gill against the killing of a Christian couple in Kot Radha Kishan for alleged blasphemy.

LHC sought a reply from chief secretary Punjab and IG police in a petition seeking protection for minorities following the incident in which a Christian couple were lynched and thrown in a brick kiln by an angry mob on November 4, for allegedly disgracing the Holy Quran.

Gill submitted in his petition that Supreme Court had directed provincial governments to provide protection to minorities in accordance with law but Punjab government failed to protect these minorities.

He requested the court to take concrete measures to provide protection to minorities in light of the directions given by Supreme Court.

Justice Shamas Mehmood Mirza directed that a reply should be submitted within a week.

COMMENTS (1)

Tariq Mahmood | 9 years ago | Reply

Is it time for introspection of the Islamic belief system? With all the violence going on in the world involving largely Muslim populations, the fact that Islamic countries are lagging light years behind in technological and scientific knowledge when compared to western nations, the fact that we tend to focus so much on religious rituals before we our selves learn to behave in a humane and civilised manner or for that matter teach our children the same how and the undue focus on the here after in a way that makes young, impressionable persons rubbish their 'here and now'.

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