Residents of Karim Park in Ravi Road area on Wednesday ransacked a private school and burned a car and furniture following reports that a female school teacher had committed blasphemy.
According to details, a teacher at Farooqi School for Girls allegedly distributed blasphemous material to her students as homework for Eid holidays. When the photocopies were sent to the students’ homes, the families of the 160 students complained to the school management which dismissed the teacher identified as Arifa.
Arifa said she had submitted a written apology to Asim Farooqi, the school’s owner and principal, but was terminated nonetheless.
Police have filed an FIR against Arifa, Farooqi and his son at the Shafiqabad Police Station.
Mob ransacks school over blasphemy charge
