On April 1, Islamic militants shot and wounded the brother of Sardar Mushtaq Gill, a prominent Christian rights official in Pakistan. This is the latest attack on Gill and his family by Islamic militants angered at him for criticizing the controversial blasphemy laws that are routinely used to attack Pakistan’s Christian minority.
The attack occurred in the Kasur District of Punjab province. According to the human rights official, “Pervaiz Gill [his brother] suffered a bullet wound to his lower back, and was rushed to Jinah Hospital in Lahore [city] where it was removed.” However, “the police is not arresting the shooter” who was publicly identified as Muhammad Bilal, also known as Babla: “Our life remains under threat if the shooter is not arrested.”
Last August, Gill’s home was sprayed with bullets in the night, for the second time.
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