{"id":1645,"date":"2023-09-08T03:08:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T03:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/sc-bench-to-hear-jaranwala-rampage-case-today-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T03:08:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T03:08:06","slug":"sc-bench-to-hear-jaranwala-rampage-case-today-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sc-bench-to-hear-jaranwala-rampage-case-today-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"SC bench to hear Jaranwala rampage case today | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Supreme Court has fixed the Jaranwala rampage case for hearing on Friday (today).<\/p>\n

A three-member bench led by Justice Ijazul Ahsan and comprising Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail will hear the case.<\/p>\n

Minority leader Samuel Pyare had filed a miscellaneous application, urging the apex court to take notice of the incident.<\/p>\n

On August 16, violent mobs attacked churches and homes of Christian residents in Jaranwala town of Faisalabad district after a Christian man was accused of blasphemy. Multiple churches were set on fire, which triggered strong condemnation from the country\u2019s political and religious parties.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Jealous husband plotted Jaranwala desecration: police<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Later, police claimed that the attacks were part of a conspiracy hatched by a jealous husband to bring harm to his wife\u2019s alleged lover.<\/p>\n

Jaranwala SP Bilal Silhari said P*, a Christian man, had discovered that his wife was cheating on him with one of his co-religionist Raja U*.<\/p>\n

The SP said P first hired a contract killer, Allah Ditta, to eliminate his rival and gave him both money and a motorcycle.<\/p>\n

However, when Ditta failed to kill U, he conceived a heinous plot together with his friends Dawood and Bobby to frame U in a blasphemy case, which carries a death sentence in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n