Breaking News Afzal Masih shot to death Mariam abad maila 7/9/25 (National News Nama)

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on Sunday (Sept. 7) shot to death a christian man Afzal masih .Afzal Masih of Samnabad locality of Lahore in Punjab Province. Afzal Masih died instantly. He was 44. Afzal Masih leaves behind his wife and four sons.

Christian man Afzal Masih shot to death in Sheikhuoura Punjab Pakistan.

Afzal Masih of Lahore, and his cousin Tariq were among a group of friends who were in a passenger van en route to the Sheikhpura city, when they were attacked by Muslims with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, said Peter, a member of the traveling group.

“We were about 12 people in the van, including women and young girls of our families,” Peter said. “When we were on the Sheikhupura highway at around 1:30 a.m., three Muslim youths riding two motorcycles started teasing and catcalling our women passengers. They also blocked our way by zigzagging their bikes in front of our van.” Afzal Masih, sitting in the front seat, asked the assailants to stop harassing the women, and the Muslims stopped the van and pulled him out onto the road, Peter said. “They started beating him with fists and kicks and attacked us as well when we tried to rescue Afzal,” When the assailants noticed the posters and cross pasted on the vehicle and heard that all the passengers were Christians en route to the shrine, they started cursing in coarse language.

The assailants left and the pilgrims resumed their journey, but when they stopped at a gas station for a tire pressure check, the three Muslims suddenly appeared with weapons as Afzal and Harris were standing with the driver. One of them, later identified as Muhammad Waqas of sheikhupura city, opened fire with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, shooting Afzal Masih in the neck and Harris Masih in his right arm, Peter said.

Afzal died instantly. He was 44. Harris was seriously injured, Peter said. Farooqabad police in Sheikhupura registered a case against Waqas and his two unidentified accomplices but have failed to make any arrests, he added. Afzal Masih leaves behind his wife and four sons. This incident is clearly an act of persecution on the basis of the victim’s religious identity. In most cases of violence against Christians, the perpetrators believe that they can get away with anything, even murder, since their victims are too weak to oppose them. Moreover, Christians also face systemic discrimination in seeking of justice.In this case, the police have not added Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act in the First Information Report [FIR] despite the fact that the assailants used an automatic weapon to commit the crime in full public view, spreading fear and panic in the area. This attitude of the police emboldens the majority to carry out religiously-motivated attacks with impunity. He said the government and senior police officials should to take notice of the injustice. However, Afzal Masih worked as a rickshaw driver while his mother Shagufta Bibi worked as a cleaner at a local school, said his son Bilal Afzal. “We are very poor, and both our parents worked very hard to put food on our table,” Bilal Afzal told “My mother is devastated by the incident and hasn’t spoken a word since the time news of my father’s murder reached us. We can only plead the government for justice as we have no financial means to pursue the case.


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