Tag: Mumtaz Qadri
Fingers crossed as army moves against Punjab terror outfits
Nawaz said the government's desire for peaceful resolution of issues should not be misconstrued as its weakness, adding that no religious group or outfit will be allowed to pressurise the government into accepting their demands through violence
2000 Qadri supporters protesting outside parliament house for second day
Over 2,000 supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, the self-confessed killer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer continued their sit-in outside the Parliament House and other...
Violent Qadri supporters hold Islamabad hostage
Protests orchestrated by religious parties to observe Chehlum of assassin of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer result in violent protests leading to killing of...
Clerics test govt’s resolve to protect women from violence
Warn govt of launching protest movement from March 27 if it does not withdraw pro-women law
Fazl says Qadri’s execution was judicial murder
Religious parties to meet March 15 to discuss Qadri’s hanging, Blasphemy Law and the Women Protection Act
Leader of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on...
Asia Bibi under threat after Mumtaz Qadri’s hanging
Activists voiced new fears for a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, on death row for blasphemy, as religious groups launched fresh calls for her hanging...
Qadri’s supporters attack media, clash with police for ‘funeral blackout’
Angry protesters, mostly students of religious seminaries, vandalized shops in Karachi’s main electronics market in Saddar while a police station was attacked during a rally in Lahore’s Lower Mall area.
Qadri laid to rest in ancestral village near Islamabad
Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer was laid to rest in his ancestral village in Bara Kahu , close to...
Mumtaz Qadri’s funeral prayer offered in Rawalpindi
Funeral of former Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's killer was offered on Tuesday in Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi.
Mumtaz Qadri was executed on Monday for assassinating Punjab’s Governer...
CII chairman says Qadri was driven by religious sentiments but his...
Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Maulana Muhammad Sherani on Monday said that former Punjab Governor assassin Mumtaz Qadri was punished because he took...
Mumtaz Qadri’s hanging: Private educational institutions closed in Islamabad over security...
All private educational institutes Tuesday were closed in the federal capital due to security threats feared in the backdrop of Mumtaz Qadri's hanging on...
Islamabad becomes no-entry zone: City under complete lock down
Metro closed, exams cancelled, attendance in offices low
Faizabad, Naseerabad, Bara Kaho, all entry points sealed, police deployed
Following the execution of Mumtaz Qadri early on...
Pakistan on alert as Salmaan Taseer’s killer hanged
Officials stepped up security in the garrison city of Rawalpindi as hundreds of people began gathering at Mumtaz Qadri’s family home early Monday, and...
President Mamnoon to decide on mercy plea of Salman Taseer’s killer
President Mamnoon Hussain's security has been stepped up in the wake of a decision pending with him on the mercy petition filed by former...
Qadri’s supporters ‘occupy’ Lahore’s Mall Road
The Mall Road of Lahore remained blocked for several hours on Monday as hundreds of supporters of convicted murderer Mumtaz Qadri staged a sit-in...
Govt shuts down Punjab schools from Jan 26-31 citing ‘severe cold’
The executive district officer (education) announced late Monday night that all government and private schools in Punjab will remain closed from January 26 (today)...
SC issues detailed verdict in Mumtaz Qadri death penalty case
The Supreme Court has regretted that by raising arguments on the merit of the case and the sentence already confirmed, an attempt was made...
