Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his reaction to the recent incident of the lynching of a man by hundreds of men in Khanewal’s tehsil Mian Channu, Punjab, has said that the government has zero tolerance for anyone taking the law into their own hands.

A man was attacked and stoned to death by a mob for alleged blasphemy in Mian Channu on Saturday.

In a statement issued on Twitter on Sunday, PM Imran Khan said that mob lynching incdents will be dealt with strictly under the law.

We have zero tolerance for anyone taking the law into their own hands & mob lynchings will be dealt with full severity of the law. Have asked Punjab IG for report on action taken against perpetrators of the lynching in MIan Channu & against the police who failed in their duty.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 13, 2022

The premier said that he has sought a report from the Punjab inspector general of police on the progress of action against the culprits and police who failed to maintain law and order.

“We have zero tolerance for anyone taking the law into their own hands & mob lynchings will be dealt with full severity of the law. Have asked Punjab IG for report on action taken against perpetrators of the lynching in MIan Channu & against the police who failed in their duty,” he wrote.