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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Asim Tanveer and Munir Ahmed

Pakistani police are responsible for killing a doctor held in a blasphemy claim, the government says

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Pakistan's government said Thursday that police had orchestrated the killing of a doctor who was in custody after he was accused of blasphemy. Officers then lied about the circumstances of his death, claiming he was killed in a shootout between police and armed men, a provincial minister said.

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