CM Maryam calls for police action against blasphemy suspects —cautions against the use of such allegations for “settling scores”

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz emphasised on Thursday the necessity of taking police action against those suspected of blasphemy, but she issued a warning against using these accusations as a means of “settling scores.”
In Pakistan, mob lynchings are not uncommon, and violence can be sparked by an unsubstantiated accusation of blasphemy. The Pakistani parliament’s lower house issued a resolution last month denouncing the recent outbreaks of mob violence around the nation, which included the lynching of a Swat man on suspicion of defiling the holy Quran.
Mayram discussed the mishandling of accusations pertaining to blasphemy.
“These accusations are frequently used as a means of settling scores,” Maryam stated. “No one would be spared if a mob assembled and took the law into its own hands without figuring out who did what.”