Gay man killed in Pakistan...

Nothing like vigilante justice...

A 60-year-old man, accused of being a homosexual, was lynched late Friday night by vigilantes in Pir Sarhandi Goth, police and eyewitnesses told The News.

The man was identified as Muhammad Hashim Jokhio, son of Meran. Jokhio was a watchman by profession, and had been married for over 25 years but had no children. The murder took place in the limits of Shah Latif police station.

According to eyewitnesses and some police officials, Jokhio was ostracised by fellow villagers for his alleged sexual preferences, and thus, he lived separately. “Late Friday night, a group of charged people raided his house, and allegedly found him ‘getting intimate’ with another man. The villagers then pounded him with clubs and rods, and killed him,” they said.

Shah Latif police were reluctant to reveal details of the events that led to the killing of the man, but confirmed that the deceased was a ‘homosexual’.

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