Salman Taseer
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Former Pak Governor's assassin hanged, Islamists hold protests
World | Feb 29, 2016, 03:42 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan today executed former police commando Mumtaz Qadri, who brutally assassinated former liberal Punjab governor Salman Taseer for seeking reforms in the country's controversial blasphemy laws, triggering nation-wide protests by Islamists who called it a
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Former Punjab governor's killer Qadri hanged to death in Pakistan
World | Feb 29, 2016, 10:47 AM ISTLahore: Former Pakistani police commando Mumtaz Qadri, convicted in the killing of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was hanged to death early on Monday at a Rawalpindi jail.Qadri, deputed on the security of Taseer, had
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Pakistan religious parties offer blood money to Salman Taseer's family
World | Mar 11, 2015, 10:44 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani religious parties representing the Barelvi school of thought have offered blood money to the family of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer to pardon his killer Mumtaz Qadri.Qadri, a former police commando, shot Taseer
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Hundreds In Pakistan Rally For Governor's Killer
World | Oct 11, 2011, 05:39 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 11: Hundreds of demonstrators have rallied in support of a Pakistani man convicted of assassinating a liberal governor in the name of Islam.Tuesday's rally took place as Mumtaz Qadri appealed his death sentence
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Pakistan Confers Nishan-E-Imtiaz On Salman Taseer
World | Aug 15, 2011, 04:41 PM ISTIslamabad, Aug 15: Salman Taseer, the slain governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, has been posthumously conferred with one of the country's highest civilian honours, months after he was gunned down by an extremist police guard
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Salman Taseer's Killer Indicted, Says He Has No Regrets For Killing A Kaafir
World | Feb 14, 2011, 09:20 PM ISTIslamabad, Feb 14: A Pakistani police guard today said he had no regrets for gunning down "apostate" Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for his opposition to the blasphemy law, as an anti-terrorism court indicted him for