17 June 2019

Blogger killed in Islamabad's G-9/4 area

.... According to the police official, Khan — who has over 16,000 followers on Twitter, over 48,000 on his YouTube channel and over 22,000 followers on Facebook — received a phone call from an unidentified person to come to G-9, "where a man took him into the forest".

The suspect then used a dagger to murder Khan, said police, adding that the sound of firing was also heard from the area.

.... The father of the deceased, seen in a video addressing a group of men, said that his son had no personal enmity. He said his son spent his life talking about Islam.

My son's "only fault was that he spoke about the the Prophet (PBUH) and his companions", he added, saying he was proud of his son. [Dawn.Com] Read more