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Bank manager shot dead by security guard allegedly over blasphemy in Punjab's Khushab

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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementA bank manager was shot dead by its security guard allegedly over blasphemy allegations in Punjab's Khushab district on Wednesday, police and relatives said.Malik Imran Hanif, the manager of the National Bank of Pakistan branch in Quaidabad tehsil of Khushab, was shifted to a local hospital after he was shot by the guard from a rifle. Due to his critical injuries, he was taken to Lahore where he succumbed to his wounds at the Services Hospital.Khushab District Police Officer (DPO) retired Capt Tariq Wilayat told Dawn it would be premature to comment on the motive behind the murder, but confirmed that the security guard, who was arrested after the incident, had claimed to have killed Hanif over blasphemy.In a video of the suspect that was shared on social media, the guard could be heard saying that the deceased manager had "insulted the prophet".DPO Wilayat said police were investigating the incident. Quoting initial reports, he said the security guard and the manager had been quarrelling for some time. The guard was reportedly fired a few months ago; he was subsequently rehired and had an argument with Hanif a few days ago, the officer added.Speaking to Dawn, police sources also expressed doubt over the guard's claim that he had killed the manager over blasphemy. They suggested that the guard had committed the murder due to personal grievances.Another guard of the bank branch, Razaq, was ending his night shift when the incident took place. He said the suspected killer had started duty at 7am, while the manager arrived at the bank around 8:40am.Razaq said he was changing his uniform when he heard the sound of gunfire. He said he rushed towards the bank office, where the suspect had fired two shots. He said he stopped the suspect from firing a third shot.Razaq further said he had not heard any conversation between the manager and the suspect before the killing took place.No first information report (FIR) of the incident has been registered as yet. Police said they would lodge the FIR upon receiving a complaint from the deceased's family, who were transporting his body back to Khushab from Lahore. A post-mortem was likely to take place in Khushab.Videos on Twitter showed the guard being greeted by a crowd of supporters after killing the manager. The security guard and the mob then raised slogans as they walked on the street.The suspect was then joined by the leaders of a religious group, all of whom raised slogans and addressed supporters from the rooftop of the Quaidabad Police Station. Police personnel could be seen standing nearby recording videos.In another , a maternal uncle of the deceased manager stated that the security guard had shot dead Hanif due to a personal issue. He denied the suspect's claim that Hanif had insulted any prophet, saying they were Muslims and not Ahmadis. He demanded that the murder be investigated on merit and the suspect be brought to justice.Human rights groups say blasphemy laws are often misused to persecute minorities or even against Muslims to settle personal rivalries. Such accusations can end up in lynchings or street vigilantism.Up to 80 people are known to be imprisoned in the country on such charges — half of whom face life in prison or the death penalty — according to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.In July, a US citizen of Pakistani origin on trial over blasphemy allegations in Peshawar was in a courtroom by a teenager who told bystanders he killed him for insulting the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementComments (112) ClosedAnd PM is worried about Islamophobia.Look at the video, how people are crazy supporting killer..this is height of ignorance, people making murders heroes.Disgusting. When will this persecution stop? Uncivilized society.such crimes will continue to tarnish the image of Islam as long as strict laws to check misuse of biasphemy are not implemented in letter and spirit.Shame!Any excuse to kill.Here we go again...The guard has NO right to take the law into his hands.@Brownman, exactly."The guard was reportedly fired a few months ago; he was subsequently rehired". Why proper legal action was not initiated against him?Ohh the individual can decide punishment , now government of Pakistan can stop one department not requiredYou cannot allow people to take law into their hands, there must be a process where such incidents of blasphemy are reported to law enforcement officials.Part of the culture and idealogyKill anyone you like and tell blasphemy, likely to get rose petals."The guard being greeted by a crowd of supporters after killing the manager. The security guard and the mob then raised slogans as they walked on the street."That is the downfall of Pakistan, and that is the reason world is treating you so badly.Fanatics avenging for personal vendettaNo one should hurt religious sentiments.We are normalizing brutality, nobody wants to say enough is enough..If you want to become a over night hero, kill someone and put blasphemy on the dead person name.Naya Pakistan??Why serious patient are always shifted to Lahore? Khushab is not a small place..all district hospital should be well equipped and trained doctors should be postedLook at all the illiterate muslims and joy in hatred.How can we brag about intolerance in neighborhoodCaste wars and personal vendettas and the common excuse is blasphemy which is used as an excuse. Welcome to PakistanIncidents like this make it crystal clear why the civilized world shuns Pakistan. Instead of condemning this act, there are people dancing in the streets celebrating this murderer. Go figure!Most violent country in the worldImran.. go advice France.Ohh..IK..look west is islamophobic and you have all well in your peaceful countryCountering such mindset will be far more economically beneficial to Pakistan in the long run than any photo opportunity news headliner "trade talks" with Bosnia and Herzegovina.Does Imran has gal to call out this murder due to his policies?unverifiable allegationThis is highly deplorable as religious fanaticism has been growing. Md Ali Jinnah saab desired Pakistan would be a secular and peaceful country but in practically situation is totally different.Illiteracy and fanaticism are the main enemies of Pakistan. No cure for that.Muslim killing muslim in the name of blasephemy, otherwise they kill others because they are not muslim.RIP to the soul and ignorance at its peak in our neighbourhood.The issue isn’t whether terrorists, murderers and fanatics are acting in the name of their religion but whether they are acting on behalf of humanity. It isn’t whether they are good Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists or Hindus but whether they are good people. On that score the answer is unequivocal: terrorists and murderers are criminals of the worst sort and their brutality needs to be condemned by every decent person.@Brownman, We all know where the problem lies, turning a blind eye will not help.Please investigate the security guard and find out who has been feeding this twisted ideology. You will find the culprit in your own backyard.Do we have the will and desire to confront these evils. To break their back, lets start be revisiting the blasphemy law.@Surya Kant, no one should kill anyone for religious sentiments, period!Accuse of blasphemy and kill anyone you do not like. No one should be allowed to be Judge himself.These illiterates think they are the judge and jury! Predictably they are hailed as heroes!Arrest all those making him hero.@Brownman, this country needs some soul searching and its leaders don’t know what that is.It seems to me that the security guard is lying. He is using the allegation of blasphemy to gain influence and escape punishment for murder.Is this in incident happened due to Islamophobia. IK should answer this.If anyone has a problem with someone they are using blasphemy allegations and kills.Its getting worse.No hope for a change.The manager is a Muslim and why would he talk ill. Don't think the managers statement is trueSorry...the guard statement is trueSo, basically kill whoever you want, and just say the magic word, "blasphemy", and your free to go?when u dont enforce the law your self and remain hesitant, people will take it into their own hands, right or wrong. Enforce the law and punish those guilty whether it is blasphemy or murder, so that peace prosper.Repeal blasphemy law, it has given radicals a licence to kill.We know that we have bad people and accept it. But the people posting here are elected Modi as their leader. They have no morality write anything. In India these things are not even reported.Blasphemy law need to be abolished.If not stopped, Blasphemy will become an excuse of killing people.Islamophobia the term is now at the stage of abuse by the ignorant mob-law.@Surya Kant, Who did in this cas?This is disgusting and degrading, as the accused can now say of ''blasphemy 'committed'' by the manager. He is no more, so how can the court believe or rely what this murderer now claims about blasphemy committed?Where are the champions of Riyasate Madina - The prime minister and the foreign minister who protest against Islamophobia in the West. Very shameful. The killer and his supporters should be severely punished.@Kool , no police or courts needed. Can save tons of moneyWaiting for mahathir to say somethingVictim’s name suggests he is a Muslim too. How can he insult Islam?The suspect was joined by the leaders of a religious group, all of whom raised slogans and addressed supporters from the rooftop of the Quaidabad Police Station.No first information report (FIR) of the incident has been registered as yet. Police said they would lodge the FIR upon receiving a complaint from the deceased's family,@Quidpro, obviously you were the eyewitness there!Rotton society - an illiterate security guard became a prosecutor, judge and executioner. Shameful@latif zafar, Laws won't make a difference. Education will. How many such incidents are recorded in the middle east? Firstly our version of Islam in Pakistan is second hand, moreover people don't understand the intricate details of Islam.Obviously someone involved in blasphemy needs to be dealt with but by the state and not by individuals since a third party needs to decide the matter.@Quidpro, it’s not the issue , if the manager made a bad judgement. The issue is why his guard killed him and why the public glamorised his killing - That is the real issueThis was seems like murder due to a personal problem. Hopefully the guilty will be punished.It means any one can kill the other in the name of blasphemy,what a arrogant mentality.When Religion becomes every thing to live for ..Result can't be different.Is it the country Quaid dreamt ofTragic situation of not having a proper education.@Kabir, sadly this is the state of affairs in the world today. Children who belong to these people will also learn the wrong things in lifeSad some sections glorify barbaric acts. Humanity is above &amp; beyond religious believes.Man is dead so he can not defend himself. Looks like a murder due to personal rifts.Look at police officials. They should be dismissed from service as they have completely failed to do justice with their dutyHere we go again. The crowd's reaction reflects the medivial mindset . Stop propagating the lie that the actions of a few does not represent the whole community, and do some soul searching.I am glad my ancestors decided to stay in India.Nations run on rules and not on religion.Religion is a personal thing with different interpretations.That manager shouldn't have hurt the guard's religious sentiments.Let courts determine the facts, blasphemy is punishable by law, if it is true then the guard has acted within the law, manager deserved it, if anyone feels different then he should demand changes in law through parliament.@latif zafar, No strict law can stop this, until or unless, you start questioning Why, what, how and when to whatever is being taught.Do your society has guts? Ask yourself.Let the cat run loose. See what further happens@Tahir, what a comment. What if security gaurd is not lying? Will you support him?There is no difference between this security guard and boy who beaheaded teacher in France.Waiting to see whose side Imran Khan will take. He is exactly in the same position as Macron.It all started with death of Salman Taseer - the governer of Punjab who was killed by his security guard. We should had stopping it long long ago now it is too late.@Kool , there is now civilian law and order in place! We need military fair dictator to fix all this first, then bring democracy and rebuild civilian institutions from scratch.Rather than criticizing the act of killer and beheader IK is busy criticizing macroon...this is just going to encourage ppl to take lives on their own for petty cartoon/speeches/editorials.....We need to control our population growth as a matter of priority. We have produced too many and we do not resources to develop them into civilised human irrespective of religion.@Alright, Land of pure and peaceful people.Mindset!!!Why are Pakistanis upset over this but not the France killings? What is the difference? I dont see PAK going in the right direction anytime soon. IK seems to be making things worse and not better as I imagined.Very dangerous trend. People are settling personal score under the pretext of blasphemy. Unfortunately these law offenders become hero of the public.Illiteracy will lead to this. The mullahs should be taken to task as well.@Raz,"That manager shouldn't have hurt the guard's religious sentiments... "So you Murder and Kill him...??? ( what a Tolerant Society.....)Over personal animosity, an illiterate man kills someone in cold blood and then declares that he killed him due to blasphemous comments by the deceased. Even a two year old child can tell that its a false accusation made just to get away with murder where other illiterates like him who are in a majority in Pakistan will support him. There's a mob already supporting and cheering for him, without even knowing what did the poor Bank Manager said or did. This is height of ignorance and injustice.Those hardliners supporting his act must understand that Sooner or later this gene will come to haunt you as well. It had happened in the past where societies glorifies these fanatics. Rest your choice.This is the matter of shame that Muslim kills Muslim in the name of blasphemy.Not unlike honour killing, now killing in the name of blasphemy has become rampant in Pakistan.Mostly these incidents have been taking place to secure personal interests.In many cases people being fully supported by the exremist religious people murder otherpeople due to personal matters and avoid punishment they attribute the killing to blasphemy.The blasphemy law is heavily loaded against the accused..Welcome to Naya Pakistan@Brownman, well saidnation full of ignorant and psychopathsWith everyone themselves taking law into their own hands to finish off their enemies on their own, where is the need for courts?Pakistan is heading in a wrong direction. Is anyone from the establishment listening?We live in a country where anyone can be accused of blasphemy at any time or place for whatever personal reasons or whims.There are no protections in place whatsoever.A disgruntled employee decided to take revenge and commit murder (which by the way doesn't seem to be a big deal around here), and now he's being treated like a hero?If you aren't worried about the safety of your loved ones yet, better start nowFATF should help revamping complete system in Pakistan.Corrected version:We need to control our population growth as a matter of priority. We have produced too many and we do not have resources to develop them into civilised human irrespective of religion.Corrected version@Kool , there is no civilian law and order in place! We need a fair minded nationalist military dictator to fix all this mess first, then install democracy and help democracy to rebuild civilian institutions from scratch.@Khan, how many will you dismiss? Those in charge of dismissal are also part of the misguided masses!@Raz, even if that was the case and you believe that the guard had the right to kill him, then my friend there is no hope for you or your country’s future!@Multani , are you seriously suggesting that it is lawful in Pakistan for someone to kill another person in the name of blasphemy? 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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementA bank manager was shot dead by its security guard allegedly over blasphemy allegations in Punjab's Khushab district on Wednesday, police and relatives said.Malik Imran Hanif, the manager of the National Bank of Pakistan branch in Quaidabad tehsil of Khushab, was shifted to a local hospital after he was shot by the guard from a rifle. Due to his critical injuries, he was taken to Lahore where he succumbed to his wounds at the Services Hospital.Khushab District Police Officer (DPO) retired Capt Tariq Wilayat told Dawn it would be premature...

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