Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice of the lynching of a student in Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan.
Taking notice of the matter, the chief justice has called report from IGP, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa within 36 hours.
Mashal Khan, a student of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKU), was shot in the head and chest and then his body desecrated by a mob who accused him of committing blasphemy.
The video of the gruesome violence made via mobile phone cameras shows Mashal’s disrobed body – covered in blood – being dragged, first in a hallway and then on a road of the campus.
The notice was taken on a news item published in a section of media containing the details of the incident.
