Chak Jhumra
Chak Jhumra is a town near the city of Faisalabad, Pakistan. It is a sub-division of Faisalabad District and has a Tehsil municipal administration (TMA). There is a Sikh Gurudwara (shrine) dedicated to Shaheed Bhai Dalip Singh.[1]
As a constituency for elections to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Chak Jhumra's elected representative is Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi who has been Speaker since 2002. He is sometimes called "Chaudhry of Chak Jumra" [2]. The town has a runway belonging to the army. However it is rarely used. As Chak Jhumra is a railway junction so many people use its railway station for going to other parts of the country.By road town is connected to Salarwala, Shahkot (Pakistan), Chiniot and Faisalabad.
2002 killing
Chak Jhumra was the site of a widely reported extrajudicial execution by stoning in July 2002. A local imam is reported to have incited the killing of Zahid Shah for blasphemy [3] [4]. The victim is named as Zahid Mahmood Akhtar in reports by Amnesty International[5]
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