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Salmaan Taseer assassinated
The attacker was in Rawalpindi's elite force and part of the Governor's convoy. Suspect under arrest.
A plain-clothed policeman cordons off the site where the governor of Punjab province Salmaan Taseer was shot dead. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was attacked and killed in a firing incident in Islamabad’s Kohsar market on Tuesday.
The late governor was shot in Kohsar Market by one of his security guards, an elite force personnel, who has been identified as Malik Mumtaz Hussain.
A spokesperson of the Polyclinic Hospital confirmed that the governor had been hit by 25 bullets, while witnesses at the site said that he had died on the spot.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik revealed that the arrested man had admitted to the murder and ruled out inadequate security as a possible cause of the attack.
The federal government has announced a three day mourning period.
The funeral will be held at the Governor’s House tomorrow (Wednesday).
End of live updates
8:30pm
Government of Punjab announces public holiday tomorrow (Wednesday).
PPP leader Raja Riaz will be making arrangements for the funeral to be held at Governor’s House.
7:25pm
Protests are being taken out in different parts of Punjab.
A three member panel has been formed to perform Taseer’s autopsy.
Registrar Lahore High Court has announced that all courts in Punjab will remain closed tomorrow.
6:55pm
President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the assassination of Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer today and directed the Interior Minister Rehman Malik to personally supervise the investigations and report to him urgently.
Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that President was informed about the tragic assassination during a meeting of the PPP MPAs of four districts in the Bilawal House after which all the meetings scheduled for today were postponed to a later date.
The President also directed the Party leadership that the birthday functions in connection with Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s 83rd birth anniversary on Wednesday be limited only to holding of seminars at district, divisional and provincial levels without fanfare and without cake cutting ceremonies. Quran Khwani for Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Salmaan Taseer will also be held on Wednesday as part of the birth anniversary functions of Party’s founding Chairman, he said.
The President also asked the Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and MNA Faryal Talpur to participate in the funeral on his behalf. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will also participate in the funeral.
6:10pm
Interior Minister Rehman Malik says the first point of investigation will be to find out whether the suspect Qadri carried out the attack as part of a larger plot or on his own.
Malik confirmed the suspect, Qadri is twenty six-years-old.
In life, Salmaan Taseer was never afraid of controversy and was never one to remain silent even when his stance on issues like militancy and the blasphemy law brought the venom of the right wing pouring on to him. Zarrar Khuhro
5:55pm
Government announced three day country-wide mourning period.
Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz sharif has arrived at the hospital.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik says investigation has been ordered into how the assassin Qadri was selected for the security of the governor.
5:40pm
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that all personnel of the governor’s security convoy have been arrested.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has announced a two week mourning period. All functions of the party have been postponed.
5:30pm
All VIP functions are under threat says Interior Minister Rehman Malik, adding that, “our colleagues criticise us when we increase vip security”.
Governor Taseer was killed to destabilise Pakistan say MQM Chief Altaf Hussain.
One of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer’s last tweets online:
Mera azm itna bulund hae Parae sholon se dar nahin. Mujhe dar hae tu atish e gul se hae Ye kahin chaman ko jala na dein
5:25pm
According to Syed Ali reporting for Express 24/7, the arrival of a huge crowd of people to Polyclinic is causing chaos at the hospital and preventing Governor Punjab’s body from being moved to PIMS for a post-mortem.
5:15pm
The name of the guard who carried out the attack has been confirmed as Mumtaz Qadri.
Saba Imtiaz: According to Rehman Malik, Salmaan Taseer’s guard shot him because he called the blasphemy laws a ‘kala qanoon‘.
5:10pm
Interior Minister Rehman Malik will head the enquiry into Governor Punjab’s assassination.
Karachi has been put on high alert after the attack.
5:06pm
Syed Ali reporting for Express 24/7 confirmed that Governor Punjab has been pronounced dead. Initial reports suggest Taseer received a critical injury in his neck.
5:03pm
The Governor of Punjab was leaving his residence in Islamabad when one of his guards shot him in the chest.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani have condoled over the death of the Punjab Governor.
An eyewitness, while speaking to the police, has provided his account of how the gunman aimed at Taseer and shot him.
5:00pm
The alleged suspect ‘Qadri’ was allegedly part of Rawalpindi’s elite force, Express 24/7 reported.
The suspect is being held and interrogated by Rawalpindi police.
4:50pm
The hospital says the Governor received nine bullets.
4:48pm
Attackers were part of the governor’s convoy, witnesses say.
4:46pm
Police source say they have arrested a suspect in the attack.
Zulfiqar Mirza, Sindh Home Minister Qaim Ali Shah, as well as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack.
4:30pm
The governor died on the spot, according to governor house spokesman Farrukh Shah.
According to initial reports, unidentified persons fired upon the governor’s convoy and he was shifted to the Polyclinic hospital for treatment.
Witnesses said that two uniformed personnel attacked him.
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i have read the comments and i think pakistan is going to be a secular state very soon .. people are getting secular (thanks to western propaganda).i am very sorry for todays incident but it happens when justice does not provided in time . if aasia bibi was punished accordiing to the verdict by the court and Taseer did not backed him todays incident could be avoided. I dont think Mllahs are behind this . This is the matter of Justice or injustice. .if this is a muslim state than islamic laws should be implemented if not than we should announce it openly ..
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Really sad….!
It takes me by surprise that people are cursing Mullahs for this assassination. Why?
His own security guard killed him, not a mullah.
I’m really saddened by the incident but think for a moment the late Mr. Taseer was such a controversial personality. He said and did such things publicly which a Muslim should be ashamed of but we see he was so courageous (i say rude and ignorant) that he never felt shame for doing and saying things which ultimately resulted in his sudden and brutal demise.
And the people who feel sorry for being Pakistani——-you guys should be sorry for yourselves rather!Recommend
No suitable words to condemn this barbaric act of murder. He did it according to the law 295 ABC. This is also a signal for other high profile persons who want this law to be amended and certainly not removed. My heartfelt condolence with the family, friends, peace loving citizens, PPP leadership and workers. I hope investigation will be done on proper lines and perpetrators brought to justest as soon as humanly possible.Recommend
Sadly Express Tribune reported immediately without confirmation “Terrorists killed Salman Taseer” and repeatedly claimed on TV that he was killed by terrorists in a terrorist attack.
This show how irresponsible our media is and quick to take first position in giving a news and that too without confirmation. But in reality it is known known that there was one man who fired at him and he wasn’t a terrorist but his own gunman. Same does our media when there is any blast, they immediately start calling it suicide attack.Recommend
It so tragic so see such bashful murder and it paves way for drone attacks and demand for do more! It seems start of end and its repercussion would lead more intolerance and impatience in the country!Recommend
First Holbrooke, now Taseer, what will happen to Pakistan now.Recommend
i am shocked at the brutal assassination of punjab governor,salman taseer.may his soul rest in peace.my condolences 2 his family.he is a true martyr.what a brave soul he was. i salute his courage,determination and reselience in the face of extremist elements.he was the most courageous voice on women rights and minorities. another sad day for pakistan.PITY THE NATION……Recommend
This shows that that extremism has penetrated everywhere. We shouldnt be surprised by this. Back in Musharraf era, when operation in Swat and Waziristan was going on, our Army (I still lub you) used to get themselves kidnapped and after ransom would be paid, they would come out all fine. That’s why back in 2009, Kiyani called the troops from Indian border and sent the ones in swat and Waziriztan to India. And we cleared that region within months.
Zia recruited army and security enforcement should be watched over very carefully and suspended if suspected.
Also combing out of illegal residents and raids on the spots which cause to generate money for talibans ( drugs area, illegal arms) is needed big time.
suspected groups and persons would be arrested too.Recommend
@ Noor
I agree, to hell with Mullahs!Recommend
its sad that he got killed and died but i dont think the majority of the country will actually be mourning his death mainly because people who dont have food to eat, dont have a roof over their heads, and dont have any way of getting out of poverty could care less about some liberal business man who NEVER did anything for them although he had ‘very enlightened’ opinions about everything!
He could of been made a difference by doing something for the poor of the country, he had plenty of chances but he was too busy badmouthing his political opponents and voicing ‘enlightened’ opinions which the majority could care less about!!!!Recommend
He, though criticized severely by PML(N) and other religious parties, for his liberal policies but he remained firm to his stand, He was really a man of honor and dignity. May Allah the Almighty bestow the soul of the deceased with eternal peace.Recommend
“This young man left us, the educated men behind [in status].” – Allama IqbalRecommend
Our Media and Mullahs are responsible for his murder. Those Islam kay thaikaidaar should not be calling Islam, religion of peace and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) rahmaat-ul-alameeen as their criminal action makes these slogans a laughing stock in the sane world out here. It is a shameful day for Pakistan when once again a person is gunned down for his beliefs. My question to all is WHAT WOULD PROPHET MOHAMMAD (PBUH) DO if someone is blasphemous?? dint we all read the story of the old lady who used to throw litter on him?Recommend
many of the comments suggest that these attacks were carried out by mullahs …be very very clear bout ur def of a mullah.it does not mean each n every one with beard is a mullah.there might be foreign hands in this case….may Allah bless his soulRecommend
Killing someone for what he believes in, right or wrong, can never be justified. Not many people agreed to the stance of the Late Governor but that is not and can not be a justification to kill him. The guard should be asked if he thinks he broke any sharia law by breaking the trust of the country and killing the person he took oath to protect. We as a people have gone mad and the mullahs enjoy sole authority on the matters of religion which they are free to interpret as they wish. This situation is only going to take us down. We do not need any enemies from the outside!!!Recommend
THE IRONY FEW MIGHT KNOW …Salman Taseer’s father M.D. Taseer (Muhammad Din Taseer, a well known intellectual in the good old days when pakistan could boast of many progressive and enlightened souls like him) was the man who organised all the funeral and burial arrangements of Ghazi Alam Din when the later’s body was to be buried. the father Taseer might have never dreamt that his own beloved son would be assassinated one day by someone inspired by the precedence of no one else but ghazi alam din.Recommend
This is message to all those politicians who spend our tax money to safeguard themselves and leave the nation at the discretion of terrorist (a terrororist is terrorist not taliban or mullah). Save the nation so that nation can save you.Recommend
We lost a great man to jahil and extremist people.Recommend
What type of security was Salman Taseer given? As the killer picked up his gun not one police guard shot the killer. What type of training does this elite force given…no prescence of mind or reactions. What a shame.Recommend
We are suffering from TTP who killed thousand of Innocent People and Children then USA Drone Attacks and lots more in the name of War and Terror after 2001 to now we lost lots of Innocent People of Pakistan Including our Great Leader Banazeer Bhutto and Dr Affia Siddiqi case is still pending no body is not saying and thinking about that all issues and our leaders don’t know how to respect and how to handle our Pakistani People Because we are in Islami Jhamoriya Pakistan and 1st we are Muslims so we have to do lots more for our people and our Religion Islam and if our leader will not serious about that issues then that kind of Incident will come in front of us we have to save our people and we have to do for our people and we have to respect Islamic Laws.Recommend
Let’s stand against mullahs it’s time to show unity Ppl!!
“abandon the blasphemy law”Recommend
We HAVE TO stand to these Mullah’s. it is us or them. There is nothing in between. Good news is that majority of people are tolerant and are on the sane side. Bad news is that this majority is not willing to stand-up upto these Mullah’s. We have to take them on and sanity has to prevail. Abolish this law. It is anti human and anti Islamic.Recommend
Another light has been made to go off. Surely, the DARKNESS shall increase in Pakistan. The Mullas instigated his assassination. Jamaat-i-Islami was on the forefront against him, openly instigating the people; the very party which was against the creation of Pakistan in the very first place and then instrumental in its dismemberment through its al-Badar* & *al-Shamas killer brigades in Bengal. No less bad luck for Pakistan that this very group now claims to be CHIEF CUSTODIAN of the “IDEOLOGY” of this unfortunate country, which is already drenched in the blood of innocents.
It is also sad on the part of Punjab Govt that they failed to observe the killer and placed him on the security of late Salman Taseer. The killer looks apparently a bigoted & extremist person and nobody screened him out.Recommend
And you guys call Islam peaceful???
Humanity cannot be fooled for too long.’Islam’ means peace..they keep telling us. well the only peace they offer is the silence after all opposing voices of truth have been massacared.Recommend
OMG! So sad.
I wonder if Asif Zardari and the likes should ask for the CIA to send guards to protect him.Recommend
Mar gaya mardood na faatiha na durood…..everyone seems so sad…but why they don’t raise their voices when innocent killed by american drone attacks….why they don’t find any mulla in those killings…this is the expression of frustration prevailing in our society when ppl see elites are looting them with two hands…they see they’re working like slaves for them..for these elites deaths of 100 on the street is not worrisome enough to cancel their dinner party…so eventually frustration comes out…sometimes it comes out with religious reasons sometime social….i think (right or wrong) this is the only way we may get rid of our corrupt elite.Recommend
Mullahs the curse of Islam, when will Pakistanis take on these fiends dressed up in Muslim garbRecommend
This is another sad day for Pakistan and its people.Recommend
Im amazed how people are diplomatic.. before his death everyboday was against his views.. now everyone posing him as good man… whats the reality atleast i dnt know.. God Knows better… But i mourn his death if he was right personRecommend
It is really encouraging to see so many Pakistanis feeling sad about this – there are millions of other radical muslims across the world – even in Europe and USA – who are celebrating this brave man’s death. But all of you need to realize that going back to Allah is not going to help. You guys need a reality check. Visit http://www.faithfreedom.org – give just one listen to what the admin over there is saying and then believe what you like.Recommend
Check out the smirk on the assassins face. It is foretelling! You can neither run nor hide the assassins live among you! It could be anyone your gardner, domestic help, sentry, a man off and on the street, grocery clerk, even the mailman. Watch out the grim reaper cometh!Recommend
Taseer was the only person who had courage to visit Ahmadiyya Mosques after attacks by terrorists back in May 2010. After that attack, he called blasphemy law a “black law”. He was one of the moderate forces which can counter the fundamentalists. Other politicians, like Muslim League has soft corner for these Mullahs and will never be able to change this “black law” against humanity.
A two-week period of mourning has been declared by President Gilani. Pakistan should use that time to decide whether they’re ready to fight the Islamist movement responsible for the murder, or just sit back and wait for the next period of mourning.Recommend
all we need to take streets and protest against blasphemy law and unjustified murder just like the mullah’s and extremist did in last december…enough is enough now..lets bang these beard mullahs who has no morality for any human beings..Recommend
To hell with Mullah brigade. The have not only given Islam a bad name but ruined our country’s peace as well. And now every Tom, Dick and Harry is a Mullah in Pakistan, a country totally consumed by religious extremists (read Mullahs).Recommend
Assassination of Governor Salman Taseer is victory of fundamentalists, which are present in huge numbers. I always indicated presence of large numbers of influential extremists and fundamentalists in Lahore, Punjab and other parts of Pakistan. Pakistan is proved to be the most dangerous country to live especially for common people. I just get up by pain ray at the time of early hours morning prayer. Community stalkers in Tajpura are spreading rumors.Recommend
Another great loss to Pakistan, we ought to understand that he was the one who showed some resistance against the blasphemy policies. What was his mistake that he showed resistance to those clerics and orthodox parties – who under the name of blasphemy wanted to suppress the minorities. This incident clearly depicts the true picture of our society; they have become barbaric, inhumane and brutal. We should not lament about his death but we have to admit the fact that one more educated person left us – whose courage transcend all the boundaries. It is a message to all those who believe in justice, law and humanity, that the cancer of extremism and intolerance is one that is on the verge of devouring us. It is a call for us to remain silent and supine in the face of terror, to bow our heads before the edifice of fanaticism or else have our heads struck off.Recommend
“This young man left us, the educated men behind [in status].” Allama IqbalRecommend
There is a Punjabi song…”Jis Lahore Nahin Taqeya Oh Jameya Hi Nahin..” Is this blasphemous ? Prophet Mohammad ( PBUH) never visited Lahore.Recommend
Sorry Pakis here comes the Mullah brigade and Please be prepared to go back into the stone age. probably oblivion.Recommend
Another Black Day in the History of Pakistan…. what kind of Pakistan we are developing for our future Generations… !!Recommend
Taseer (May Allah have Mercy on His Soul) murder is a sad day for all Pakistani’s but it is sad for us everyday as we lose innocent lives due to sucide bombers drone attacks political rivalry corruption inflation and so much more thanks to PM Gilani and President Zardari. Taseer was a dillusioned man who was not qualified to be a governor or leader. He was about himself and his twisted info. His tweets are baseless and anyone who believes in facts can challenge what he posted on his tweets. He was neither a good leader nor a lion. He was a man that lived in Pakistan gained sucess at the expense of the average citizen and tax payer and was mudered brutally by a phycho path. His death is no diffrent than the other Pakistnis that are killed daily and their death goes unnoticed. Wake up Pakistan! This admin neither cares for the working and poor class nor wants stability for our nation. Mourn the death of justice democracy and tolerance. Morn the death of a stable goverment and life. Morn the death of every Pakistani whose lives has been taken from them.Recommend
This is Pakistan, and Pakistan’s corrupted, rent-seeking, inefficient and pampered middle class which is socially conservative and fragmented, contradictory in nature and in its working, with both highly traditional religious and conservative section, belonging to this social category, as well as indigenous and modern group.
S.Akbar Zaidi…
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i read this statement last morning..and was pondering on validity of this argument ??…by night i had enough evidence to convince myself that this Pakistani social scientist have been correct in his observation !!!Recommend
To hell with Mullahs and all those sympathising with them. One of their representatives was on TV just now saying they will fight the murderer’s case. Where are we heading???Recommend
May Salmaan Taseer’s Soul rest in Peace!
Allah Hafiz.Recommend
Dear God,
this is your creation who condone the very act that you condemn….. if this was ur intention and if we cant control our instincts, then what is there to distinguish us from animals…..and then they state islam is a religion of peace & tolerance. Very conveniently, the forget that the Prophet visited the house of the lady to enquire about her health even though she threw rubbish on him daily. If the person cant speak his own mind, then its not a democracy. I say pardon Aasia, it would serve as a example to the killer, u may silence her best advocate, but u cant subdue his cause.Recommend
The level of tolerance is that We tolerate news of drone attacks and killings of 20 people daily.. we listen and say o yes may they rest in peace… IS THIS THE LEVEL OF TOLERANCE ??
When One person from government gets killed everybody is on there toes… why such notification ?? Arent we biased… When an innocent gets killed we say it was his destiny… When a politicain gets into the details and points a finger on Islam and extremism and tolerance…
Come on… !!!
Why our goverment dont condem the daily drone attacks ???
WHy our people dont condem the drone attacks and killing of innocents’ ???
According to our current tolerance state..!! just be relaxed guys it was his destiny… come on we are pro american…. Chill..because this is what our tolerance says…!!Recommend
after reading all the comments i lament that how much they know of islam who have spoken of the fundamentalism and the extremism. purely western media originated terms. May Allah guide us to be true muslims.Recommend
i want a islamic rule in our country all the people who support the west and their faiths can never be succesful in an islamic country.if u guys want to see how liberal was mr.taseer just see his and his family videos on vidpk.comRecommend
If mullahs are not fought out by educated, civilised and democratic people of all shades of opinion, the fate of Taseer will recur again and again. Now they have killed Taseer because he raised his voice against the blesphemy law, as any civilised and decent person would and should always do everywhere, tomorrow these mullahs would jump on those who are standing on the sidline, considering that they will be spared, are living in the fools paradise.
These mullahs have stood in the past against all democratic movements and those who thought the mullahs were serving the nation are now being targetted and eliminated. This will continue unless the pakistani friends fail to recognise that the mullahs are a rent seeking lots and unless they receive the hadia for the services they are rendering they will never do it. So please also try to identify who are paying them the hadia for the job. The mullahs and the cabal can not get away for eternity.Recommend
@Tuna,
how liberal or “NON-ISLAMIC” he was is not a matter for you or me to Judge…i think you are not aware about the level of liberlization being practiced merly 40 KM away from Holy City of Mecca….Recommend
This may be part of some elite police officer involvementRecommend
I understand him as a person who stood for Secularism, Free Speech, fighting Intolerance. He would be the kind of leader Jinnah would have wanted Pakistan to be lead by. I respect that aspect of him. The human community of World does…Recommend
Have you people ever feel same pain for all those who are being murdered in Bomb Blost.. Whatever Happen in Tribal Areas and In American Attacks…
IF The Murdered Person is Governer or Primeminister or any other VIP person, then all Nation feel that they have lost some So Called Heros (which are for me So Called Corrupt Heros’)….
My Dears’ What about Innocent People…
I feel Sorry For Him and his Family, But i also feel the pain of all other poor people, who had lost their lives in either dron attacks and other blasts….
Try to Be neutral, We should raise our voice against all such incidence, not only if any Governer become a victom….Recommend
Assalamoalikum!
i will say that the Qadri’s way was not appropriate way but will anyone now answer me that when law doesn’t hold such importance even that it was been neglected and protested again and again then how do we expect the people who wait for the law to deal with such case when get no single attempt of it’s application must stop themselves… blasphemy law is for every religion and every nation its not about he or she or xyz if anyone abuse Hazrat Issa a.s or even any other prophet then why i do not condemn this thing as being a Muslim and the law which taseer had abused isn’t a black law something like that because because it’s our code of conduct and identity… our religious identity and i personally don’t want to loose it at any cost… it’s time to follow laws to prevent such acts in the future..Recommend
make a habit of reciting Quran and Durood e Pak (atleast atleast after each prayer) … you will soon come to know what the reality is…. May ALLAH show mercy on us and guide us… AmeenRecommend
http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101138139&Issue=NPLHE&Date=20110106
http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101137932&Issue=NPLHE&Date=20110106
Mera azm itna bulund hae Parae sholon se dar nahin. Mujhe dar hae tu atish e gul se hae Ye kahin chaman ko jala na dein significant?Recommend
Every day 50 people get killed in karachi ……… people are fine
Every day on average 15 people get killed in drone attacks…… people are fine
Now everyone is trying to prove that society has become brutal on this murder …..
Boy O Boy! one can certainly see where the money is coming from to mourn for taseer …..Recommend
@theIndian
correction plz…..Jinnah was not secularRecommend
Ina Lillahi wa inna elahi rajioon.
Very Sad I have no words about this action some irresponsible mulla who are basically illiterate persons guided by their illiterate mullah do actions like this. I feel sorry for governor and his family. may his soul rest in peace. I feel sorry to call myself a Pakistani. a country where every voice which is against mullah brigade is eliminated. A country where no one knows the meaning of tolerance. A country ruled by Islamic ways but there are no rules and driving nation very far from Islamic values. Media like JEO promote abhorrence and divide nation in two. I feel sorry to call my self PAKISTANI.Recommend
one step closer to zia’s pakistanRecommend
It is amazing that no one commented on the head money placed on late Salman Taseer by head of a religeous party for 2 crores. This is the second time this has happened and there is deathly silence from politicians and particularly media. Even the Govt ignored this. Is instigation to murder lawful???? Could this have been the motive for the murder???Recommend
What hope is there for Pakistan where lawyers throw rose petals on a broad day light murderer?Recommend
@ Salman… Jinnah was definitely secular. And for ignorants let me clarify that being secular does not mean being an atheist or a non-Muslim. I for one pray five times a day, give zakat, have done Hajj, fast during Ramazan and at times otherwise too, but consider myself secular. Secular means someone who respects all religions and does not discriminate on the basis of religion.
If you need examples for Jinnah being an enlightened secular man just think that his first Law minister was a Hindu and the first person he nominated to represent Pakistan in the UN was an Ahmedi.
For heaven’s sake, stop torturing the soul of the Quaid-i-Azam. He have aggrieved him enough already and it is time we say sorry to him and mend our ways by making Pakistan what he wanted it to be… not the one envisioned by the Mullah and people like Mumtaz Qadri.Recommend
Miss Neha,
your pracise on religion is your personal metter. Mr jinah was not Prophit if he was secular then he must lier because he gathered Muslims in the name of Islam. Ahmadi declared non Muslim in bhutto ‘s govt not before. we respect jinah ‘s soul but not preffer than Prophit (PBUH) ‘s soul. do u think about ? ? ? ?Recommend