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No PTI Leader Has Condemned Lynching Of Party Worker In Mardan

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A day after a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker was lynched by a mob over allegations of blasphemy in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), party chairperson Imran Khan and other leaders have failed to condemn the incident.

Cleric Nigar Alam was lyn­ched minutes before the end of a public meeting organised by the PTI at Sawa­ldher village to show solidarity with the judiciary on Saturday evening.

A video of the lynching was widely circulated on social media platforms in which the cleric could be seen lying on the ground.

Initial reports had suggested the man was lynched for saying that “he respects Imran Khan like he respects prophet”. However, later it was confirmed that he had said this regarding a local Nazim present during the rally. His remarks were interpreted by a section of the crowd to be allegedly blasphemous, who attacked him with sticks and stones.

PTI’s official account has not condemned the incident but the party’s social media teams have been attacking journalists who shared initial reports attributing the cleric’s remarks to the PTI chief for “disinformation”.

Social media users have condemned the PTI leaders for staying “silent” over the incident.

A Twitter user tagged former minister PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan and criticised him for staying “silent” over the mob lynching.


Meanwhile, another Twitter user claimed that PTI’s official and unofficial have been ordered to not tweet about the Mardan incident so they could distance PTI chief Imran Khan from the incident.

“You wont find a single tweet condemning the incident they just out there to clear Khan’s name out of it,” he said.


A social media user also called out the PTI chief for “weaponising blasphemy” to target political opponents in a Twitter thread.

Journalist Hamza Azhar Salam criticised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and PTI both for staying silent over the incident.

Silence from PTI, PMLN & ISPR over the blasphemy lynching in Mardan shows how Pakistan does not have the resolve to deal with religious fanaticism and chooses to ignore mob violence rather than address it,” he said.

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A day after a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker was lynched by a mob over allegations of blasphemy in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), party chairperson Imran Khan and other leaders have failed to condemn the incident.

Cleric Nigar Alam was lyn­ched minutes before the end of a public meeting organised by the PTI at Sawa­ldher village to show solidarity with the judiciary on Saturday evening.

A video of the lynching was widely circulated on social media platforms in which the cleric could be seen lying on the ground.

Initial reports had suggested the man was lynched for saying that “he respects Imran Khan like he respects prophet”. However, later it was confirmed that he had said this regarding a local Nazim present during the rally. His remarks were interpreted by a section of the crowd to be allegedly blasphemous, who attacked him with sticks and stones.

PTI’s official account has not condemned the incident but the party’s social media teams have been attacking journalists who shared initial reports attributing the cleric’s remarks to the PTI chief for “disinformation”.

Social media users have condemned the PTI leaders for staying “silent” over the incident.

A Twitter user tagged former minister PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan and criticised him for staying “silent” over the mob lynching.


Meanwhile, another Twitter user claimed that PTI’s official and unofficial have been ordered to not tweet about the Mardan incident so they could distance PTI chief Imran Khan from the incident.

“You wont find a single tweet condemning the incident they just out there to clear Khan’s name out of it,” he said.


A social media user also called out the PTI chief for “weaponising blasphemy” to target political opponents in a Twitter thread.

Journalist Hamza Azhar Salam criticised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and PTI both for staying silent over the incident.

Silence from PTI, PMLN & ISPR over the blasphemy lynching in Mardan shows how Pakistan does not have the resolve to deal with religious fanaticism and chooses to ignore mob violence rather than address it,” he said.

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