Condemning ‘tragedy’ of citizen’s killing, US urges Pak to pursue reforms

Tahir Ahmad Naseem, from the minority Ahmadi community, was shot dead in a courtroom in Peshawar on Wednesday. He was on trial for blasphemy

Current Affairs : Naming the executing of an American resident in Pakistan’s court as a “despicable misfortune”, the US State Department has approached Islamabad to make quick move and foundation changes to forestall comparable occurrences in future.

Tahir Ahmad Naseem, from the minority Ahmadi people group, was shot dead in a court in Peshawar on Wednesday. He was being investigated for sacrilege.

“Sympathies to group of Tahir Naseem, an American resident who was killed today inside a court in Pakistan. We encourage Pak to make prompt move and seek after changes that will keep such a disgraceful misfortune from happening once more,” tweeted Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US State Department.

The youthful attacker, distinguished as Khalid Khan who figured out how to get into the court in the midst of tight security was captured later.

Naseem was captured two years prior on sacrilege charges.

Ahmadis, a 4,000,000 in number minority bunch in Pakistan, have confronted demise, dangers, terrorizing and a supported abhor crusade for quite a long time.

Pakistan’s dubious profanation law conveys a programmed capital punishment for anybody indicted for offending God, Islam, or different strict figures.

Numerous individuals from the minority networks in Pakistan – the Ahmadis, Hindus, Christians and Sikhs were accused of draconian profanation law. A considerable lot of them are grieving in prisons on the bogus allegations of disregarding the Quran.

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