Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar took suo moto notice of the murder of Mashal Khan over alleged blasphemy.
The CJP ordered the Inspector General of Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), to submit a report on the murder of Mashal Khan within 36 hours.
An anti-terrorism court on Saturday charged eight students with murder and terrorism. The court also granted police four days physical remand of the suspects. The police have arrested 12 people in connection with the murder of Mashal Khan. The suspects were identified from video footage of the gruesome incident.
“Eight students were presented before an anti-terrorism court in Mardan over murder and challenging the writ of the state,” public prosecutor Rafiullah Khan said.
Mashal Khan was stripped, beaten, shot, and thrown from the second floor of his hostel at the Abdul Wali Khan University on Thursday by a large mob. (PhotoNews /GEO News)
