KARACHI/UMERKOT: Follow­ing the death of a blasphemy suspect in an alleged police encounter in Mirpurkhas, the Sindh police chief on Friday ordered an inquiry and removed the district’s senior superintendent of police (SSP).

The victim had posted a video of himself from a hotel claiming that his account had been hacked and he could not even imagine sharing blasphemous content.

Shah Nawaz Kunhbar a doctor based in Umerkot was fatally shot by police in an alleged extra-judicial killing in Mirpurkhas on Thursday just one day after he

Police in southern Pakistan shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men, officials said Thursday, the second such apparent extra-judicial killing in a week, drawing condemnation from human rights groups.

Police in Sindh report that a doctor facing allegations of blasphemy against Islam died in a shootout during a raid to arrest him

Police in southern Pakistan have shot dead a doctor accused of blasphemy, drawing condemnation from human rights groups. Dr Shahnawaz Kanbhar was killed "just by chance" in shootout with officers who did not know it was him,

Pakistani authorities have suspended policemen who opened fire and killed a blasphemy suspect earlier this week, only to be applauded and showered with rose petals by local residents after the killing.

Rights groups dispute police claim that Dr. Shahnawaz Kanbhar was accidently killed by someone who fired on officers

The family of a blasphemy suspect killed in custody in southwestern Pakistan has forgiven the police officer accused of killing him, saying they would not press charges "in the name of God". Abdul Ali,