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British-Pakistani found guilty of conspiring to kill blogger Ahmed Waqas

JournalismPakistan.com
July 21, 2021

British-Pakistani found guilty of conspiring to kill blogger Ahmed Waqas

LONDON—A British national of Pakistani origin, Mohhamed Gohir Khan has been found guilty of conspiring to murder Pakistani blogger Ahmed Waqas Goraya living in Netherlands.

The Scotland Yard’s Counter-Terrorism Command Unit and the Dutch authorities conducted the investigation.

Khan was charged with the crime by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a United Kingdom-based independent investigation agency, which works in collaboration with the police and courts, on 28 June.

“The exact charge is that between the 16th day of February 2021 and the 24th day of June 2021 conspired together with persons unknown to murder Ahmad Waqas Goraya, contrary to Section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977," the CPS mentioned.