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Mughees and Muneeb Butt (Urdu: مغیث اور منیب بٹ) were two Pakistani brothers who were lynched by mob on August 15, 2010 in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.The brothers were killed, hanged, and mutilated in Sialkot with the support of local police and Rescue 1122.
On 21 November 2024, gunmen attacked a large convoy of vehicles transporting Shia Muslims in the Kurram District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least 54 people and injuring 86 others. The attack was one of northwestern Pakistan's deadliest incidents of sectarian violence in recent years. [4]
The incident was met with shock in Pakistan, with condemnations pouring in from political representatives, civil society groups and religious leaders. [11] Pakistan's Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, while reacting to the incident, provoked controversy when he said "murders take place when young people get emotional". [29]
On 2 December 2023, a K2 passenger bus departing from Ghizer to Islamabad came under severe gunfire, killing 10 people and injuring another 25. [2] The bus was en route to Rawalpindi when gunmen opened fire in Chilas in Gilgit-Baltistan. [3]
Blasphemy is a very serious crime in Pakistan, for which the maximum penalty is death. [1] Pakistan has sentenced people convicted of blasphemy to death, although it has not executed any of them. Some people who were accused of blasphemy have been lynched, including Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot, Punjab, in 2021 and Mushtaq Ahmed in Tulamba ...
By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [7] 2015 Karachi bus shooting: May 13, 2015 Safoora Goth: 45+ By Jundallah [8] 2016 Punjab sweet poisoning: 20 April to 8 May 2016 District Layyah, Punjab: 33 Least 33 people, including five children, died after eating a purposely poisoned laddu, a baked confection.
The murder and its gruesome nature sparked strong condemnation and public outrage in Pakistan, and numerous calls to bring the perpetrator to justice. [33] According to The Washington Post , "the name Noor Mukadam has ricocheted through Pakistani news and social media" and renewed focus on the country's plight in tackling cases of violence ...
On 14 August 2021, Ayesha Akram, a social media celebrity, was sexually assaulted by a crowd at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] In a video recording of the incident that went viral days later, the crowd was seen picking up the woman, throwing her up in the air between them, tearing off her clothes, and assaulting and groping her.