Disturbing visuals of the incident have surfaced on social media, where a large mob, including children, are throwing stones at a badly injured Usman Buda as he tries to get up, stumbles and falls.
Junaid Azim Mattu made contentious remarks in response to the statement of Farooq Abdullah to the Muslim community to offer Namaz and recite the Quran.
A Christian widow and a Muslim gardener, both illiterate, were arrested in the Pakpattan city of Pakistan on April 19 on blasphemy charges after they were accused of 'intentionally' burning papers containing verses of the holy Quran
Various social media users were of the opinion that the sensitive statement by the person provoked the public that led to the lynching of the man, according to The Friday Times.
Pakistan police arrested a Chinese engineer working at a hydropower project in Kohistan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over alleged blasphemy.