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IHC dismisses petition seeking end to Qadri's trial
Islamabad High Court dismisses petition, states no one is allowed to take the law into their own hands.
The hearing for the case of the former governor’s assassination will be heard in-camera at Adiyala Jail on January 24. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to end the trial of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of former Governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer.
Express 24/7 correspondent Sabur Ali reported that the petition filed by Advocate Zafar Awan read that Pakistani law states that capital punishment will be handed to those who blaspheme and it is under this law that Qadri’s trial should not continue.
The court rejected the petition stating that even if someone has blasphemed, no one is allowed to take the law into their own hand.
A second petition asking to cancel the First Information Report (FIR) against Qadri was also rejected by the court.
The hearing for the case of the former governor’s assassination will be heard in-camera at Adiyala Jail on January 24.
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Whew thank god. Sanity prevails for the moment. The Bar should take note and disbar the lawyer who even had the gall to file such a frivolous petition. Wasting the time of the court. Inshallah this barbarian will be found guilty and sentenced according to the law for cold blooded premeditated murder! Recommend
Good decision….Recommend
So when will state hang the culprit?Recommend
There should be a petition to end this lawyer’s license. Recommend
very good qadari i will with uRecommend
Looking forward to the coward’s hanging.Recommend
@ u48998
Totally agree with you!Recommend
The right decision!Recommend
Punish the advocateRecommend
I was beginning to wonder whether anyone was going to stand up for the victim. Recommend
“Pakistani law states that capital punishment will be handed to those who blaspheme and it is under this law that Qadri’s trial should not continue.”
If this is how these “law-yers” are interpreting the law then…Recommend
That’s gutsy. Hail IHC.Recommend
good news!! Im glad , atleast there is some positivty out there!!Recommend
Justice should be seen served !
No one is allowed to take law in their hands. Recommend
I offer my services as the hangman free of charge………….Recommend
Good decision. IHC judges now need extra protection. I hope care is being taken for them and their family members.Recommend
Actually our problem is that we forget soon or later..why don’t we remember the cruel death of Nawab Akbar Bughti, and Sialkot incident where two brothers were killed brutally what progress are being made in this regard? we are still waiting the news about these cases.We should point the Pakistan judiciary system as whole not only in the case of late Suleman Taseer..Recommend
Advocate Zafar Aman should go to the law school again.Recommend
taseer is my hero – qadri should sit in a jial in solitary confinement his whole life and think abt what hes done. Recommend
How come there has been no coverage of the other lunatics who stood by and let him open fire?Recommend