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Lahore<\/strong>: Pakistan\u2019s Punjab government on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 2 million for 94 Christian families whose homes were burnt down by radical Islamists last week over allegations of blasphemy.<\/p>\n According to a report by the PTI, an enraged mob ransacked and torched 21 churches and several houses of Christians last week over blasphemy allegations in Jaranwala town of Faisalabad district. A Christian cemetery and the office of the local assistant commissioner were also vandalised.<\/p>\n \u201cAt least 94 families will receive compensation of Rs 2 million each by tomorrow (Tuesday). The amount will help them rebuild their houses damaged in the violence,\u201d said Punjab\u2019s caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi.<\/p>\n The Christian leaders told Naqvi on Monday that at least 200 houses were damaged in the violence, and all should be compensated.<\/p>\n According to the police, at least 20 churches and 86 houses of Christians were burnt down by the mob in Jaranwala last Wednesday.<\/p>\n The two Christians accused of desecrating the Quran were arrested, police said, adding that 145 suspects have been arrested so far, including a cleric who made announcements from five mosques inciting people to attack Christian homes and churches.<\/p>\n The police report also hinted at the presence of radical Islamist Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) elements that spearheaded the mob which unleashed the attack.<\/p>\n Also Read: 20 Churches, 86 Houses Of Christians Burnt Down By Mob In Pakistan: Police \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Lahore: Pakistan\u2019s Punjab government on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 2 million for 94 Christian families whose homes were burnt down by radical Islamists last week over allegations of blasphemy. According to a report by the PTI, an enraged mob ransacked and torched 21 churches and several houses of Christians last week over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5762,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5761\/revisions\/5762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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