The incident has brought Pakistan’s battle with blasphemy accusations and mob-led verdicts to the forefront again. A violent mob comprising more than 100 people – including children – burnt a Christian man’s house and shoe shop in the city’s Mujahid colony. All because they saw a few pages of the Quran strewn around his house. The victim Nazir Masih was brutally attacked and is critical. His daughters claim he was framed. Ten members of a minority Christian community had to be rescued by the police following the event. Minority rights activists around Pakistan are now demanding more accountability from the state. The Punjab government, however, is yet to issue a statement. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) also voiced its concern over the Sargodha situation. Alleging that the state was complicit in filing a false FIR, Christian activist Luke Victor wrote on X: “Your bigotry is exactly what has made me a stranger in my homeland.” A 70-year-old Christian man’s lynching by an extremist mob in the Sargodha region of Pakistan’s Punjab province has enraged human rights activists and citizens alike. They are ‘embarrassed’, ‘ashamed’ and ‘want to give up on the country’.