{"id":2113,"date":"2017-06-05T11:56:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T11:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2017-06-05T13:02:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:02:32","slug":"investigators-say-university-students-lynching-was-premeditated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113","title":{"rendered":"Investigators Say University Student&#8217;s Lynching Was Premeditated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators in Pakistan say the mob lynching of a university student accused of blasphemy was premeditated.<\/p>\n<p>Mashal Khan, 23, a journalism student, was killed by a mob at his university in the northern city of Mardan on April 13. He was accused of posting \u2018blasphemous content\u2019 on social media.<\/p>\n<p>A report issued by the Joint Investigation Team on June 4 said Khan&#8217;s lynching was organized by students a month prior to his killing.<\/p>\n<p>The report said Khan was targeted by students who saw him as a \u201cthreat\u201d to the Pakhtoon Students Federation (PSF), the student wing of the Awami National Party. Khan was a member of the PSF.<\/p>\n<p>The report said some faculty members investigating the killing pressured students to support the blasphemy allegations because of Khan&#8217;s past criticism of the university.<\/p>\n<p>Police have arrested more than 50 persons for alleged involvement in Mashal Khan\u2019s murder and have cleared Khan of blasphemy.<\/p>\n<p>Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan, and the mere accusation of insulting Islam can spark deadly mob violence. Blasphemy allegations are often used to settle scores.<\/p>\n<p>The report is expected to be submitted in court later during the coming week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators in Pakistan say the mob lynching of a university student accused of blasphemy was premeditated. Mashal Khan,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Investigators Say University Student&#039;s Lynching Was Premeditated - Taand English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Investigators Say University Student&#039;s Lynching Was Premeditated - Taand English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Investigators in Pakistan say the mob lynching of a university student accused of blasphemy was premeditated. Mashal Khan,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Taand English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-05T11:56:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-05T13:02:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"taandcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"taandcom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"taandcom\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3681fac18d733fc714b6134f14e0d46a\"},\"headline\":\"Investigators Say University Student&#8217;s Lynching Was Premeditated\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-05T11:56:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-05T13:02:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113\",\"name\":\"Investigators Say University Student's Lynching Was Premeditated - Taand English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-05T11:56:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-05T13:02:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3681fac18d733fc714b6134f14e0d46a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg\",\"width\":533,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?page_id=107\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Investigators Say University Student&#8217;s Lynching Was Premeditated\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Taand English\",\"description\":\"taand.net\/en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3681fac18d733fc714b6134f14e0d46a\",\"name\":\"taandcom\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e62e3bb666240d2978b5190b7b0bbd126368decad579e4014d0a1abbdc525ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e62e3bb666240d2978b5190b7b0bbd126368decad579e4014d0a1abbdc525ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e62e3bb666240d2978b5190b7b0bbd126368decad579e4014d0a1abbdc525ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"taandcom\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Investigators Say University Student's Lynching Was Premeditated - Taand English","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Investigators Say University Student's Lynching Was Premeditated - Taand English","og_description":"Investigators in Pakistan say the mob lynching of a university student accused of blasphemy was premeditated. Mashal Khan,","og_url":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113","og_site_name":"Taand English","article_published_time":"2017-06-05T11:56:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-06-05T13:02:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":533,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"taandcom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"taandcom","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113"},"author":{"name":"taandcom","@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3681fac18d733fc714b6134f14e0d46a"},"headline":"Investigators Say University Student&#8217;s Lynching Was Premeditated","datePublished":"2017-06-05T11:56:03+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-05T13:02:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113"},"wordCount":200,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg","articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113","url":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113","name":"Investigators Say University Student's Lynching Was Premeditated - Taand English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg","datePublished":"2017-06-05T11:56:03+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-05T13:02:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3681fac18d733fc714b6134f14e0d46a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg","width":533,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2113#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?page_id=107"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Investigators Say University Student&#8217;s Lynching Was Premeditated"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/","name":"Taand English","description":"taand.net\/en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3681fac18d733fc714b6134f14e0d46a","name":"taandcom","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e62e3bb666240d2978b5190b7b0bbd126368decad579e4014d0a1abbdc525ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e62e3bb666240d2978b5190b7b0bbd126368decad579e4014d0a1abbdc525ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e62e3bb666240d2978b5190b7b0bbd126368decad579e4014d0a1abbdc525ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"taandcom"},"url":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2115,"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions\/2115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}