Mardan university takes action against victims; launches probe into 'blasphemous activity'

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In a bizarre move, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan (AWKUM) has decided to probe three students for alleged "blasphemous activity", a notification posted to their website said Friday.

Of the three students named in the notification, one was killed and another severely injured after being brutally assaulted by an enraged mob a day earlier.

The notification, dated April 13, did not mention any details of the incident or a condemnation of the student's killing, even though the university's provost, Fayyaz Ali Shah, said it had been issued after the lynching.

"I (the assistant registrar) am directed to notify that ... (an) Inquiry Committee has been constituted to probe into the matter of blasphemous activities carried (out) by (three) students of Department of Journalism," the notification read.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1326944

Mardan student lynching: Two more suspects behind bars, toll rises to 15

MARDAN: Two more suspects involved in the lynching of Abdul Wali Khan University student Mashal Khan were arrested on Sunday, Samaa reported.
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Fifteen suspected persons have been arrested so far.

It should be noted that Mashal Khan, a journalism student, was stripped, beaten, shot, and thrown from the second floor of his hostel at the Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan a couple of days ago, sources at the university said.

Graphic video footage from the scene shows dozens of men outside the hostel kicking and hurling projectiles at a body sprawled on the ground.

https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2017/04/mardan-student-lynching-two-more-suspects-behind-bars-toll-rises-to-15/

At least 65 people have been murdered over blasphemy allegations since 1990.

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1. religion, the gift that keeps on ruining life on earth nt