Swabi, Pakistan: The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal visited Swabi to condole the murder of 23 year old Mashal Khan.
Mashal Khan was beaten to death on Thursday by students and employees of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan—a city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Mashal Khan was murdered with stones, clubs, kicks and his skull was perished for allegedly publishing blasphemous content online.
Nobel Prize winner from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Malala Yousafzai telephoned the father of deceased and expressed condolence the murder of Mashal Khan.
Meanwhile, the daughter of Prime Minister of Pakistan Maryam Nawaz Sharif also released her statement to condemn the murder of young student stating that she was shocked to see Mashal Khan killing video. She stated that vigilantism and mob justice are (were) indicative of regressive and putrid mindset.
Images of brutal killing of two brothers in Sialkot years ago still haunts & now #MashalKhan. Do we want to be known as benighted nation?
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) April 15, 2017
Shocked to see Mashal Khan killing video. Vigilantism &mob justice are indicative of regressive & putrid mindset. Is that what we stand for?
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) April 15, 2017
“Mashal Khan murder exposed that society is terrorised by radical forces and it took two days to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to condemn the murder while no religious party has condemn the killing. Only those stood against this gruesome incident who are historically against radicalisation of Pakistan society and were against Afghan Jihad”, commented an ANP woker who came with ANP leader Afrasiab Khatak to condole with family of Mashal Khan in Zaid village Swabi.
Meanwhile civil society in Peshawar held a protest against Mashal murder and demanded exemplary punishment for killers who are students and employees of University where Mashal used to study.
The few courageous voices who have the courage to take a stand against injustices of system ,civil society pesh #Justice4Mashal #Mardan pic.twitter.com/Ciz9HQh0li
— Palwasha Abbas (@Palwasha_Abbas) April 15, 2017
“Unfortunate to say that incident took place in Abdul Wali Khan University which is after the name of Khan Abdul Wali Khan who was secular democratic socialist Pashtun leader and son of Pashtun nationalist leader Bacha Khan”, Wali Khan devoted his life for a tolerant society and such gruesome incident took place under his name plate”, comment a teacher of university with the condition of anonymity.
