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Muhammad Gohir Khan was sentenced for life imprisonment on 11 March 2022 with 13 years minimum time to serve.

Summary of Case

On Feb 2nd, 2020 the Pakistani blogger was attacked and threatened outside his residence in Rotterdam, where he live in self- imposed exile for over a decade.

The attack on the blogger, Ahmad Waqas Goraya, was carried out by two men. “I was on the phone when a man appeared and began punching me in the face while I saw another man with him filming the attack,” he told RSF. Speaking in Urdu with a Pashtun accent, the man hitting Goraya threatened to kill him and told him he knew exactly where he and his family live.

Goraya fled his homeland after he was threatened, kidnapped, and tortured. He is among several Pakistani bloggers and authors who are critics of the Pakistan Army.

Goraya had filed a complaint at the police station near Marconiplein, in the Rotterdam district of Delfshaven.

In June 2021 a British-Pakistani Muhammad Gohir Khan was charged by Crown Prosecution Service with one count conspiracy to murder of Ahmad Waqass Goraya and found guilty in January 2022.

Muhammad Gohir Khan was sentenced for life imprisonment on 11 March 2022 with 13 years minimum time to serve. “The charge was that between the 16th day of February 2021 and the 24th day of June 2021” Khan conspired to Murder Ahmad Waqass Goraya in connivance with unknown persons.

Muhammad Gohir Khan, a UK based Pakistani living in East London, formerly ran a cargo company Worldwide Cargo Services, and was in debt for £200,000. He was contacted through a handler Muzamil, who would have received £20,000 as his cut. Detectives uncovered thousands of messages between Khan and ‘Mudz - also referred to as ‘Ali’ ‘Zed’ and ‘Papa’ - detailing plans for the murder. Muzamil managed to deposit £5000 in a Pakistani bank account of a person named Muhammad Amin Asif. The money was to launder using the illegal Hundi channel starting with a deposit in Pakistani private bank.

Category of Incident

Assault

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0201-Assaults and Threats

ICCS Group: 02011-Assault

ICCS Class: 020111-Serious Assault

ICCS Crime: Assaults and threats

Reported By

The News

Date of incident

2

Month

February

Year

2020

Name of affected person

Ahmed Waqas Goraya

Other affected persons

No other person affected

Name of affected organization

No organization affected, he works as freelancer

Other affected organizations

No other organization affected

Action by

Unknown

City

Rotterdam

Province

Netherlands

Designation

Blogger

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

48

Marital Status

Compensation Details

Amount of compensation announced by government: No compensation Announced

Date of compensation announcement by government: No compensation Announced

Date of compensation paid by government: No compensation Announced

Amount of compensation announced by others: No compensation Announced

Date of compensation announced by others: No compensation Announced

Date compensation paid by others: No compensation Announced

FIR Details

Was FIR registered ?: Yes

Date of FIR: 02/02/2020

FIR Details: Not Available

Police station of FIR: police station near Marconiplein

Name of complainant: Ahmad Waqas Goraya

Name of accused in FIR: Not available

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: Under investigation

Court where case was presented: Marconiplein

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Not Available

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Not Available

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

N/A

APNS

CPNE

PBA

Media Source Status

Media reports:

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

N/A

Employer organization

N/A

Press Club Status

Press club 1: N/A

Press club 2:

Press club 3: