Pakistani authorities have suspended policemen who opened fire and killed a blasphemy suspect earlier this week, only to be applauded and showered with rose petals by local residents after the killing.

Police in southern Pakistan have shot dead a doctor accused of blasphemy, drawing condemnation from human rights groups. Dr Shahnawaz Kanbhar was killed "just by chance" in shootout with officers who did not know it was him,

The family of a blasphemy suspect killed in custody in southwestern Pakistan has forgiven the police officer accused of killing him, saying they would not press charges "in the name of God". Abdul Ali,

Police in Sindh report that a doctor facing allegations of blasphemy against Islam died in a shootout during a raid to arrest him

Karachi: A mob has burnt the corpse of a doctor who was accused of blasphemy and later killed by a policeman in Pakistan's Sindh province, preventing the family from carrying out his burial. Dr Shahnawaz Kanbar was killed in a shootout with police in Sindh province amidst allegations of blasphemy that prompted him to flee near Mirpurkhas,

The victim had posted a video of himself from a hotel claiming that his account had been hacked and he could not even imagine sharing blasphemous content.