Tahir Ahmad Nasim, 47, was a member of a persecuted sect whose faith has been deemed heretical in Pakistan because they challenge the succession of the Prophet Mohammed.
He had been escorted into court by police in the northern city of Peshawar when a man opened fire with a pistol.“He was killed by a young man inside the court while waiting his turn to appear before the judge,” official Misal Khan told AFP. Nasim was first arrested in April 2018 after a local accused him of blasphemy, a highly inflammatory charge in deeply conservative Pakistan that has sparked mob lynchings, vigilante murders and mass protests.He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community that many mainstream Islamic schools consider to hold blasphemous beliefs.
The group has been designated non-Muslims under Pakistan’s constitution and have long been persecuted. Senior police officer Mansur Amaan said authorities were investigating how the attacker managed to get his hands on a firearm inside a courtroom.
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