Jamike Cheema, Punjab: On Mother’s Day, a Christian farm worker was allegedly accused of stealing a mobile phone and brutally beaten to death. The helpless mother demands justice for the blood of her beloved son. The culprits inhumanely bruised his body and pierced nails into his private parts. The BACA team visited the grieving family to stand in solidarity with them and ensured legal and financial help to fight for justice against the brutal murder of the innocent farm worker.

In a heart-wrenching incident on Mother’s Day, a Christian man named Kashif Masih (35) was brutally tortured and murdered in Jamke Cheema, a village in Tehsil Daska, Sialkot. Accused of a mobile phone theft by Muslim landlords, Kashif was subjected to inhuman torture — including piercing of nails into sensitive parts of his body — and was left unconscious on the road where he later died from his injuries.

This tragedy has shaken the local Christian community and highlighted once again the cruel vulnerability of religious minorities in Pakistan’s rural areas.

On Sunday, 12th May, Kashif was called to work at the farm of Malik Muhammad Irfan to tend cattle and clean the premises. After finishing his task and returning home at around 5:00 pm, he received another call from the landlord asking him to return to the farm. Kashif informed his mother and left — never to return alive.

By the following afternoon, Kashif made a desperate call to his brother Riasat Masih (41), stating he had been falsely accused of theft and that Irfan wanted to search their house. A search was conducted, but nothing was found.

Early the next morning, a passerby on his way to the mosque found Kashif lying barely conscious on the road. He alerted the family. When they arrived, Kashif was able to whisper,

“Malik Irfan and his sons have tortured me.”

These were the last words he ever spoke.

Despite urgent calls to emergency services, the police responded sluggishly. Kashif succumbed to his wounds en route to Tehsil Head Quarters Hospital, Daska.

Outraged by the brutality and delayed police action, the family and neighbours blocked the road at Iqbal Chowk demanding justice. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sajjad Bajwa assured immediate action, prompting the crowd to disperse.

A First Information Report (FIR) [No. 754/25] was filed against Malik Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Areeb, Muhammad Ijaz, and five unknown individuals under Sections 302, 149, and 148 of the Pakistan Penal Code. Malik Irfan had fled, but was arrested from Gujranwala on 13th May, and he later led police to recover the weapon used in the torture.