LAHORE:Yesterday Sunday 24 May at about 2:00 PM a Christian man Hamuyun alias Faisal mentally unstable booked in blasphemy case FIR No.424/15 under section 295-B PPC at Police Station Gulshan Ravi on the complaint of a Muslim man Sayed Zeeshan Haider.
According to the contents of FIR,the complainant was passing by the canal of dirty waters where he saw a man was taking out and burning some torn Quranic papers from a trash cans which was hanging and fixed with a pole of electricity.The complainant along with his other companions seized and hold the alleged accused and a large number of people gathered on the spot.The police arrived on the spot by 15 call and took the accused in their custody and locked police station
At evening around about 6:00 PM, a large number in hundreds an enraged mob of Muslims get-togethered at a local mosque after evening prayer and they started marched towards Christian residential area where the alleged accused was residing.
The enraged mob attacked at Christians homes and broken their windows,doors and electric meters.They also looted the household things.They forcibly entered in the Catholic St.Joseph Church and they wanted to burn but on timely intervention of the police and the rangers the mob was unable to be successful in their motives and during the clashes between the mob and the police, one senior Police officer got injured.
The case was registered and the alleged accused was arrested even then the enraged mob was not agree to be cooled down and maintained to peace in the area and they attacked at Christians homes because they are easy targeted and no strong grip of law which could restrained them to do this illegal act.
Today Sardar Mushtaq Gill,Human Rights Defender and Advocate High Court visited the affected areas and met with some Christian local residents who came back after the attack.They are terrified and fearful by the Muslims.It is concluded after taking interviews of different Christians of the area that it has become difficult for Christians to live with Muslims majority unless the blasphemy laws are in books for them to take breaths in the presence of these laws is become too difficult.
We are raising our voice on different forums and making it clear with evidences that this law is being used against Christians to make them more depressed.We have requested international community to take stand with us for its abolition and we hope they will take stand with us and support our stance on misuse of blasphemy laws against Christians in Pakistan.
The Christian of the area were already warned and informed about the possible attack from the police and they locked their homes and fled away to save for their lives because they were told that the same attacked would happened as in Joseph Colony.
The incident of blasphemy case occurred in other area and homes of Christians' attacked at other area where the alleged accused was residing with his family.
The case was registered and the alleged accused was arrested even then the enraged mob was not agree to be cooled down and maintained to peace in the area and they attacked at Christians homes because they are easy targeted and no strong grip of law which could restrained them to do this illegal act.
We are raising our voice on different forums and making it clear with evidences that this law is being used against Christians to make them more depressed.We have requested international community to take stand with us for its abolition and we hope they will take stand with us and support our stance on misuse of blasphemy laws against Christians in Pakistan.
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