Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Blasphemy law claims another life

ISLAMABAD: Salman Taseer, the flamboyant and high-profile Governor of Punjab, was gunned down here on Tuesday by one of his security guards. The guard, Mumtaz Qadri of the Punjab Elite Force, yelled out ‘Allah-o-Akbar’ and emptied two magazines of an SMG on the governor in the Kohsar Market before surrendering himself. He later explained that he had killed Mr Taseer because of his recent criticism of the blasphemy law. The governor had arrived here in the morning. After visiting the Presidency and Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, late in the afternoon, Mr Taseer, who was staying with a relative in Sector F-6/3, went to Kohsar Market which is home to some of the city’s popular cafes. He was accompanied by over a dozen guards, including nine personnel of the Elite Force. According...

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