Wednesday: The Anti-Terrorism courts in Sargodha sentenced Ahmed Nawaz to death upon finding him guilty of murdering his employer, Malik Imran Hanif, over false blasphemy allegations last year. The court ruled the allegations of Blasphemy, finding them false. Sargodha Anti-Terrorism Court Special Judge Khawar Rashid announced the verdict on Wednesday.
We are very happy and thanks to the pakistan government . Pakistan's Court granted death sentence twice to a bank guard who brutally killed his bank manager on so called blasphemy allegations in Khushab City Of Punjab. This is only way to crush extremism here in Pakistan . pic.twitter.com/9qL9541oac
— Syed Najam Ul Hassan Hamdani (@najam_hamdani) June 30, 2021
In November of last year, Ahmed Nawaz who was posted as a security guard at the National Bank of Pakistan branch in Quaidabad tehsil of Punjab’s Khushab district had shot and killed Malik Imran Hanif, who was the manager there. The court ruled the murder to have been executed based on a personal vendetta and sentenced him to the following:
- Death penalty under Section 302-B (punishment of qatl-i-amd) and a Rs 500,000 fine that will be provided to the manager’s legal heirs as compensation.
- Two-year imprisonment under Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and a fine of Rs 50,000.
- Death sentence under Section 7(A) of the Anti-Terrorism Act and a fine of Rs 500,000.
- Ten-year imprisonment under Section 7(h) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, and a fine of Rs 100,000.
The death sentence is not to be executed until the order is confirmed by the high court.
The case evidence: A CCTV footage showed Malik Imran Hanif working at his desk when the attacker, Ahmed Nawaz, came to him and sat at a bench reserved for clients. Another guard walked in and stood next to Hanif’s desk. Then suddenly, Nawaz got up, pointed a gun at Hanif, and opened fire. By the time the second guard reacted to restrain Nawaz, he had already fired three shots. Upon this event, a number of people gathered outside the building, grabbed Nawaz, and handed him to the police. Hanif was taken to the hospital where he died. Nawaz claimed that he murder Hanif over committing Blasphemy, with a video circulating on social media in which he could be heard saying that the deceased manager had “insulted the prophet”.According to Khushab District Police Officer Tariq Wilayat, Nawaz claimed that he shot Hanif because he was an Ahmadi and had blasphemed against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Hanif’s brother and uncle claimed that there were past grievances between Hanif and Nawaz that triggered the attack, not blasphemy. His brother and uncle stated; “The guard used to come late to work over which Hanif scolded him and called him out” and “He’s using blasphemy charges to protect himself. My nephew never insulted the Prophet (PBUH) and we have no connection with Ahmadis,” respectively. Click here to see more from Propergaanda.