Iqbal Khan shows a picture of his son Mashal set as the wallpaper on his phone at the family home in Swabi, Pakistan October 24, 2017. Picture taken October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
SWABI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three police officers stand daily guard at the tomb of Pakistani student Mashal Khan to prevent religious hardliners from fulfilling threats to blow up the grave of the 23-year-old beaten to death over rumours he blasphemed against Islam.
His grieving family, now also under police protection, say they have little hope the shocking campus killing will prompt a re-examination of blasphemy laws that carry a death penalty, or action against the mob justice that often erupts in such cases.
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