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Taseer’s assassination: Qadri formally indicted for murder
Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court accepts charge-sheet, hearing adjourned till February 26.
Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the bodyguard arrested for the killing of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, shouts religious slogans while being taken away by police after he was presented at a court in Islamabad on January 5, 2011. PHOTO: REUTERS
RAWALPINDI:
The self-confessed assassin of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was formally indicted by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday.
During the course of hearing, which was held behind closed doors, Malik Mumtaz Qadri confessed to killing the former governor before Justice Raja Ikhlaq Ahmed.
Qadri was represented by Malik Mohammad Rafiq Khan and Tariq Dhamial while public prosecutor Saiful Malook was also present at the hearing. “The judge read out the charges to the accused,” Khan said outside the Adiyala prison in Rawalpindi.
“He did not reply to court’s query, ‘Are you guilty or not?’ He said he had not murdered anybody intentionally and had taught a lesson to an apostate, Dhamial told AFP after the hearing.
According to the three-page charge-sheet submitted before the court, Qadri has been booked under sections 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act and 302/109 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of Taseer’s son Shehryar Taseer in an FIR registered at the Kohsar police station. The hearing was adjourned till February 26.
The police had submitted an interim charge-sheet at the last hearing, booking in it two clerics, Qadri Mufti Qari Hanif Qureshi and Imtiaz Kazmi, under section 109 “for provoking Qadri to kill Salmaan Taseer”.
Qureshi and Kazmi were, however, acquitted by the court on February 1 on grounds that the police failed to come up with any evidence of their involvement in Taseer’s murder. Outside the prison, about 140 people rallied in support of Qadri, joined by 10 students from a government college who turned up with posters, Valentine’s Day cards and flowers.
“Celebrating Valentine’s Day with Mumtaz Qadri,” read one placard.
With additional input from AFP
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2011.
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appeal to all the big mufties to defend qadri as they defended Namoos e Risalat law Recommend
Ghazi Mumtaz Hussain Qadri should be freed and cleared of all charges he is a hero of the muslim ummah and lions like him should be freed.
Unless pakistan wants civil war this man should be released. Recommend
Well done Qadari.All the Nation stands with you.Recommend
Nothing will happen to this murderer of humanity, untill we slam these kind of persons……..when we realize that to which direction we want to go……seperate the religion with politics………..Recommend
He has killed another human being claiming Islam as his motivating force. Let the law take its course and justice must be done quickly and in a manner that it is seen that justice has been done.Recommend
He is a killer. Simple as that. He should be hanged.
Its for the courts to decide who is a blasphemer and what punishment should be meted out. Not some under educated psycho. You need to earn the right to be able to met out punishment. How did Qadri earn that right? How do we even know he is a good muslim or not or even a good human being for that matter? What rubbish!Recommend
Qadri should be punished according to the law. We are not living in a lawllessness country.
Family of Salman Taseer should be given Justice.Recommend
@mohammad Bilal:
WHY???????????????????????Recommend
He is a murder, a killer and should be treated like that.Recommend
Its shame on those who demand to release killer, I dont consider them Muslim, If Islam teaches us to kill another Muslim then I am not Muslim at all. Recommend
qadri should be punished as per law.
to those who supports him he had broken the islamic convent as well by killing the person he swore to protect, no way it is allowed let alone what he did was right or wrong which ofcourse based on my understanding of islam was unislamic is every sense.Recommend
He is hero of muslims. He should be released.Recommend
Perpetuating violence in the name of religion and the prophet is actually maligning both. This act is deserving of punishment……Recommend
He is real hero of Islam.
He should be releasedRecommend
To all lovers of murderer Qadri, you guys seems to be blinded by misguided beliefs, He is simply a murderer and should treated like one.Recommend
I am Shocked and disgusted by those…. so called muslims who honour this “confused” muslim(Qadri).Recommend
This pig face should be hanged…Recommend
all qadri haters.. he did what is meant from him as in original islam. and if you have deviated to sufi or other variants then each one of you will have their own versions and interpretations. some one opposed blasphemy laws and there is punishment for that which the person got in this case.Recommend
He is murderer and should be given punishment of a murderer which is death according to 302. Its a simple case and there is no complexity. He is confessing to it so why is there date after date.
Qadri’s supporters have lost brains or their brains are unable to think.Recommend
Maimoona how is he a real hero? I am confused and I am 27 years old. I am wondering what will a 5year old boy in Pakistan be thinking currently? What will he be perceiving about Islam and Pakistanis and in larger context humanity? Allah save usRecommend
@ Saad,
Are you a muslim? Sounds like your brand of Islam only believes in sword and cutting throats. I guess one of your Ummah brothers are financing you to get their views imposed on others through you. Sorry but such kinds of imposition never works.Recommend
Must be hanged immediately!!
He is polarising the society!!Recommend
Shame on you supporters of Qadri, You should be hanged with him. These fundoes can;t think beyond their nose. Please let us progress and save our beloved country from these people. We are dignified and educated people we want to progress and want to live peacefully. We want to make our country a better place to live in. Recommend
some comments written here make me ashamed to be pakistani. and these people who are leaving comments in support of the murderer qadri seem to be the educated lot. may god save this country.Recommend
@SAM:
we can’t separate religion n politics as Islam is complete way of life includes politics as well. Just have a look at d life of Hazrat Abu bakr (r.a).Recommend
Hang till death! No less!Recommend
He should be hanged in kohsar market according to islamic laws so other wild people should learn how to respect laws and humain dignity.Recommend
do you have any prove that Mr. Salmaan taseer had said ? any body have a copy of it ? a video tape ? or something ? Recommend
Murder In the Name of God …No sympathy…Only Justice…..God Loves Justice….Recommend
he is real hero of islam .and we pray for him ALLAH help him n his family.AMINRecommend
Why is there a trial ? Qadri confessed and be sentenced to hanging.Recommend
This guy deserves to be hanged and so do all those people that support himRecommend
I am glad that people are realising that Qadri is a murderer we need to clean out our country from these sort of Qanoon kay rukhwalay.Qadri please hang yourself so that nobody should dirty their hands on you.Recommend
Its funny that the people who demand Qadri’s release, demands Raymond Davis’ incarceration or death in the same breath! If this is not Hypocrisy then I must learn the english language again. Recommend
All the suporters of Qadri have brought shame to our great religion and country.
After having seen the processions and support of some emotional pseudo educated people in Pakistan the world media has projected us Pakistanis as fanatics, violent and an irrational Muslim society hell bent on destroying ourselves and the rest of the world. This psycho killer and his bunch of lunatic supporters, through their misguided and irrational acts, have done no service to Islam but infact are doing the biggest disservice to Islam and Pakistan.
Infact Qadri’s henious act has made a person like Salman Taseer a real martyr. His good luck!
Lastly it is only Allah Who decides what is right and what is wrong. Considering, what Islam says about killing one person is like killing the whole of humanity; Qadri in essence is the killer of humanity. I feel sorry for him. Recommend
These blasphemy laws should be gotten rid of as soon as possible. People in Pakistan should be able to ask questions about all religions….and, please….stop this nonnese of Islam mukkammal zaabitah-e-hayaat hae….no, it isn’t.Recommend
Islamic societies are so divided over criminals.
This is the main reason of all kinds of terror in kashmir,palestine,chechanya,serbia,afganistan and pakistan.
Pakistanis were not supposed to be muslims and had they been practising hinduism the native religion or subcontinent(or buddhism,jainism,sikhism)they would never be so divided!!Recommend
He should be dealt with the strictest of penalty. The far reaching effects of releasing him will b devastating. We don’t need so-called Muslims in our street that do not respect human life.Recommend
Qadri has committed premeditated murder of shaheed Salman Taseer ; the acted is not covered by any of the exceptions enumerated in chapter IV of Pakistan Penal Code .
Mr Qadri has killed an unarmed person for whose safety security he was duty bound to watch .
Apparently, no mitigating cirmstances are perceptible , he therefore, on conviction, is liable to be sentenced to death. Recommend
@Proud Muslim:
What you are saying is right but the evidence is wrong. We should not be caring what the media is portraying rather we should focus on principles. And in principle what Qadri did was; he accused a person of a crime (which is a heinous crime by the way according to Islam), without giving him the right to defend sentenced him to death and executed the punishment by himself without being an appointed judge. This is Anarchism and taking justice in your own hands thus he should be hanged immediately for that. If people like him are allowed to serve ‘Justice’ then things like this and Sialkot Tragedy are bound to happen. Recommend
perfectly True @Junaid: Recommend
Who give Qadri an authority to “judge” Salman Taseer as “Apostate”.Recommend
people who support this animal do n ot understand the personality of prophetPBHU
I think Pakistan should not have atomic weapons as people like quadric will endanger all humans
religion of peace… what peaceRecommend
Mr Mumtaz Qadri did not have any personal vendetta against late Mr. Salman Taseer. He purely acted on his religious instincts which perfectly made sense to him. No amount of punishment will bring Mr Taseer back to life. The death punishment to Mr Qadri will lead to too much voilence in Pakistan. In my opinion, without any media attention, Mr. Qadri should be freed. He should put in some true Islamic programme under the able guidance of intellectual Muslims so that he can learn and understand the life of Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ), Koran and Islam. I am sure he will realize that his actions were anti thesis to the philosophy of Islam. Once he is enlightened about his error of Judgement, he should be asked to work for Edhi Foundation to serve the poor and needy people of Pakistan. Then he will be true follower and preacher of Islam.Recommend
Him and all his supporters should be gunned down, his own should be gunned down in front of him so that he knows what it feels to kill someones father, husband, brother. He is a criminal, he should be HANGED ASAP!!!!Recommend
What is the government waiting for, hang him. He confessed both in front of the cameras (media) and the court whom we now call “Azaad Adliya”. There is no need to go further into any detail, simply send him to gallows. Recommend
@mohammad Bilal, @Basharit, @Bilal Ahmed, @Maimoona, @Ammarah
Guys! Qadri is a ‘Hero’ for me too, But his ‘heroism’ is incomplete right now, to be a complete hero he need to be a ‘Shaheed’ as well. Only a death punishment could bring a ‘Shahadat’ for him and only then he will have his name completed as
“Ghazi Mumtaz Hussain Qadri Shaheed”
Till now ‘Shaheed’ is missing. let his name completed and dont try to make him half hero.Recommend
what happened to those murderers who killed two other muslim brothers???and the police officials who were involved??? the act which mr qadri did, isnt correct in the light of ISLAM, cause if everyone starts to take revenge like this…I also dont allow neone to talk or do against my Prophet but again main point is what are the teaching of Islam under such circumstances.Recommend
NO ONE is allowed to take the law into his hands…its for the courts to decide who is a blasphemer and how he should be punished…not for you or me…
And NO, the nation DOES NOT stand with you!
If you kill one person it is as if you have killed all of humanity…and if you save one person it is as if you have saved all of humanity!
Please….stop being blinded by hatred! … it’ll only lead to more such incidents…and seek forgiveness from Allah…Recommend
@Raj:
The death penalty will lead to violence erupting…but he shouldn’t be freed either…an example should be made out of him…life imprisonment maybe? Recommend
Shame on all the supporters of Quadri…he should be hanged and killed. Salman Taseer did not say anything wrong. Zia’s law needs to be changed, its injust, and its not the law set BY P.B.U.H. Hazrat Muhammad. We should follow his example, he was so patient with his opponents. How can we call ourselves muslims?Recommend
Mumtaz Qadri should not only be tried for murdering Salman Taseer but also for defiling and defaming the religion of Islam. I would suggest to Sheryar Taseer’s lawyer that he should be charged to bring Islam in disrepute. This is not the question of Mumtaz Qadri life or death, this the question of forces of evil versus forces of good. Mumtaz Qadri was influenced by the forces of evils which we have to defeat no matter what it takes. We have to give the lesson to forces onfevil which are ubiquitous in our society, Recommend
I am a muslim. I love the holy prophet(saw). And therefore I hate every murderer, including Qadri.Recommend
Its a pity Pakistan is full of violent, self-righteous wackos like Mumtaz Qadri. He should be sentenced to hanging.Recommend
Qadri please hang yourself to death. We need progression in our country. Such people are not needed anywhere in this world. Shame on U Qadri.Recommend
as expected it happened , wat could the courts do other than accusing him Recommend
I hate court formalities. Just hang him and finish the chapter.Recommend
@Ayesha: Can i ask your views on Ghazi ilmadeen shaheed who was represented in court by the Mohammad Ali Jinnah and supported by Allama Iqbal? Recommend
@Ahmad Jehangiri:
@Aamir+Ali:
@Fawzia:
@Tahir Sohail:
@Sana:
@shani:
What are your views on Ghazi Ilma deen Shaheed?Recommend
dear all,
we all have right of free speach as per limits prescribed, decency and that may not hurt feelings of others. when some liberal speaks no matter what he may utter is a freedom of speech but when a common man of pakistan raises his voice for his right then thats a crime or most of the time out dated and old thoughts.
liberals, what liberals, those so called them selves liberals pleading to abolish death sentence from pakistan are now demanding death sentence for mumtaz qadri. what is this?
these rulers do not give basic rights to the people of pakistan yet at the same time people commit suicides on streets, shouldn’t they be punished and hung in the same manner as when their poor voter dies of hunger, drinks poison or burns himself.
why mumtaz be punished. he gave 16 crore people of pakistan a sense of self empowerment that they can make a difference. weather his action was right or wrong, only time will tell.,,,,,,,
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I think it is taking a lot of time for the courts to decide.There are no 2 thoughts ti it. Recommend