The Pakistani authorities early on Monday hanged Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, who was convicted of killing Salmaan Taseer, a governor of Punjab Province who had campaigned to change the country’s blasphemy law which he and other critics said had been used to persecute religious minorities in Muslim-majority Pakistan.
Mr. Qadri, a former police security guard, had confessed to assassinating Mr. Taseer, whom he accused of blasphemy, by shooting him 27 times in the back in January 2011. He was sentenced to death that year and filed an appeal. In October 2015, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence; last week, a request for mercy he had made to President Mamnoon Hussain was rejected
Mr. Qadri was hanged at the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi at 4:30 a.m. on Monday.
Now, the killing of Mr. Taseer pointed to deep divisions in the country over matters of faith and law.
As we speak, Protesters have broken out hours after Pakistan executed Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri
Source: New York Times
This Islamic extremist ehnn,... they are really a nuisance to this world. I blame sarah for her impatience in the bible. if she hadnt persuaded her maid, hannah to sleep with her husband, Abraham, we wouldnt have the Ishmaelites that are now Muslims.
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