Pakistan on alert as Taseer killer hanged

Pakistan on alert as Taseer killer Hanged












RAWALPINDI/KARACHI: Following execution of Mumtaz Qadri, who was convicted for killing Punjab governor Salman Taseer, authorities put police and Rangers on ‘high alert’ amid protests in different cities.

Qadri was hanged in Adiala jail Monday morning. He killed Taseer in Islamabad’s Kohsar Market on January 4, 2011 for speaking out against misuse of blasphemy laws.


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