Here’s the story I wrote for The Wire about journalism student Mashal Khan and his barbaric murder on campus yesterday – a tragedy I felt quite gutted by and felt compelled to write about (text below). For a short, sharp analysis of the phenomenon that led to the brutality, read Raza Rumi’s piece in The Daily Times, ‘Blasphemer Hunting must Stop’.
Facebook post by Mashal Khan with an Urdu couplet (roughly translated): Along the way sometimes I feel / As if those hidden eyes are watching me.
Filed under: Blasphemy Laws, Human rights | Tagged: 295-C, blasphemy, Mardan, Mashal Khan, Naimat Ahmar, Pakistan, right wing, vigilantism | 3 Comments »
Journeys to democracy 