An outspoken exiled blogger has accused Pakistan of trying to kill him in the Netherlands, after an alleged hitman was convicted in a British court. Muhammad Gohir Khan, the 31-year-old British Pakistani who works in an east London supermarket, was found guilty on Friday of conspiring to kill Ahmad Waqass Goraya. The criminal court adjourned […]
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Did Pakistan hire a hitman to kill ‘outspoken’ blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya? He says yes
Exiled political blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya has accused Pakistan of being behind a plot to kill him. London: An exiled political blogger on Friday accused Pakistan of being behind a plot to kill him after a British court convicted a hitman. Supermarket worker Muhammed Gohir Khan, 31, was found guilty of plotting to kill Ahmad […]
Briton found guilty of conspiracy to murder Pakistani blogger
LONDON: A Briton has been found guilty of plotting to kill a Pakistani political blogger in the Netherlands after he was hired as a hitman for £100,000. A jury trial has convicted supermarket worker Muhammed Gohir Khan, 31, of plotting to kill blogger and liberal activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya after he was recruited by intermediaries […]
UK citizen found guilty of conspiring to kill exiled Pakistani blogger
Following a two-week trial at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court, including a two-day jury deliberation, on January 28, Muhammad Gohir Khan, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, was convicted guilty of conspiracy to murder Ahmad Waqass Goraya, a Pakistani blogger living in exile in the Netherlands. Khan had pleaded “not guilty” to conspiracy to murder after his […]
Pakistani blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya’s murder conspiracy trial closed, jury to deliberate on evidence
NNA | Update: January 28, 2022 2:45 a.m. STI London [UK], Jan 28 (ANI): The trial of 31-year-old British-Pakistani man Muhammad Gohir Khan, accused of plotting to kill Dutch-based blogger and activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya, ended on Wednesday in Kingston-upon. -Thames Crown Court when both parties have concluded their arguments.The jury will now deliberate on […]
Pak’s silence on blogger murder plot raises questions about his human rights stance
NNA | Update: January 25, 2022 9:34 a.m. STI Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 25 (ANI): Pakistan’s deafening silence over revelations made in a British court in the case of British-Pakistani man Muhammad Gohir Khan, accused of conspiring to kill the Dutch-based blogger and activist. Bas, Ahmad Waqass Goraya, raised serious questions about the country’s position on […]
Details of Pak bank transfers emerge in plot to murder Dutch blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya
Ahmad Waqass Goraya is a blogger and activist based in the Netherlands London: The British prosecution has presented new evidence of communication between the defendant and his Pak-based handler in the case involving a British-Pakistani man accused of conspiring to kill a Dutch-based blogger and activist. The trial entered its fourth day on Tuesday. Muhammad […]
British ‘hitman’ visited blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya’s home and bought knife, jury told
LONDON: Muhammad Gohir Khan made several attempts to reach Rotterdam and even bought a paring knife during his visit to the Netherlands as he scouted the home and location of exiled blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya. Khan also repeatedly asked an intermediary in Pakistan – believed to be the person who allegedly hired the accused in […]
London ‘hitman’ on trial for conspiracy to kill Pakistani blogger | India is blooming
London: A man has gone on trial in the UK after being accused of plotting to kill a Pakistani blogger living in the Netherlands, media reported on Friday. A court heard that Muhammad Gohir Khan, 31, had been hired as a “hitman” by figures believed to be based in Pakistan, reports the BBC. He was […]