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                                                            Shahbaz Taseer freed at lastKidnapped son of slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer recovered in Quetta raid 
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                                                            The law upheldSalman Taseer had not been charged or indicted but Mumtaz Qadri decided he was to be judge, jury and executioner 
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                                                            Salman Taseer’s assassin: PTI MNA ruffles feathers, demands Qadri’s acquittalMujahid Ali says he will not retract his statement and has told party leaders. 
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                                                            A tribute to Salmaan TaseerHe was a man who relished all emotions life had to offer and lived his life to full capacity in almost every way. 
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                                                            Twitter alert: ‘The brave Salmaan Taseer’Former Punjab governor was shot 27 times by his security guard for speaking against the blasphemy law. 
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                                                            Salmaan Taseer’s murder: IHC forms medical board to examine QadriCounsel says he has lost weight drastically due to health problems. 
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                                                            Tribune’s Gamechangers 2011: Mumtaz QadriThe man who shot Salmaan Taseer. 
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                                                            Tribune’s Gamechangers 2011: Salmaan TaseerA death that defined a year of rising radicalism. 
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                                                            A ‘liberal’ NA ignores Taseer’s death anniversaryNational Assembly that we have these days is packed with many self-declared liberals sitting on the PPP benches. 
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                                                            Mourners fear Taseer’s candle being put outDecry lack of attention given to blasphemy law, other injustices. 
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                                                            The fallen liberalEveryone knows Taseer was not the first to call for a review of the laws that deal with the issue of blasphemy. 
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                                                            Candlelight vigil: Taseer rememberedParticipants disappointed that no prayers held at Governor’s House. 
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                                                            Qadri supporters offer Rs100m for ‘holy gun’Barelvis rally at Data Darbar, call for release of assassin. 
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                                                            Punjab Assembly: PPP leader praises Salmaan Taseer, criticises Imran KhanPPP leader Zulfiqar Gondal lauds Taseer's services, lashes out at Imran Khan over his stance on terrorism. 
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                                                            Salmaan Taseer on Twitter: Last man standing against Blasphemy laws"Covered in the cloak of religion even a puny dwarf imagines himself a monster. Important to face, call their... 
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                                                            Salmaan Taseer on Twitter: The gloves-off politicianTaseer was never short of words be it for his political opponents, militants, Indians or just regular people. 
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                                                            Salmaan Taseer on Twitter: Razor sharp wit, funny quipsThe best thing about Salmaan Taseer's tweets was that they were uncensored and relentless. 
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                                                            Marking the anniversary: Polarising in life, and deathRights activists to hold candlelight vigil; religious right to ‘honour’ his assassin. 
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                                                            Husband, NGO scrap over Aasia Bibi’s caseMonetary disputes between Ashiq and the Masihi Foundation have put Aasia’s appeal on the back-burner. 
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                                                            The real essence of Salmaan TaseerAn anecdotal account of the man that he was. 
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                                                            Treading between scripture and common lawThe self-confessed assassin appealed his death sentence which lies before IHC. 
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                                                            One year onInstead of making Taseer emblem of our righteous objection to a controversial law, we allowed murder to go by default. 
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                                                            We never learnedThe question that remains unattended, that Salmaan Taseer died trying to address, is the validity of blasphemy law. 
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                                                            Has anything changed since Taseer’s murder?One year on, the judge who sentenced Qadri, the cleric who led Taseer's funeral prayers have fled the country. 
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                                                            Salmaan Taseer case: ATC judge goes on indefinite leaveAmid violent protests, Justice Shah has been receiving life threats since the hearing of the case. 
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                                                            Protect the judge (II)Perhaps, the only refuge that the brave judge will now find will be in a foreign country. 
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                                                            Protect the judgeJudge Pervez Ali Shah of the anti-terrorism court must be accorded protection given our experience of such matters. 
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                                                            Sunni Tehreek's protest against Qadri verdict turns violentReligious party clashes with police, stages sit-in at Mall Road, Lahore. 
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                                                            Court verdict: Police on high alert as govt scents troubleFollowing religious groups, political parties also express support for Qadri. 
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                                                            Analysis: State and judiciary must uphold rule of lawFor such a befitting sentence it would be out-of-place to praise a judge as being bold. 
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                                                            Media downplaying our anger: Qadri backersMore protests planned for coming week, Ahle Sunnat group issues fatwa. 
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                                                            Protesting Qadri's sentence: Thousand protestors paralyse city roadsDefy ban on Mall rallies to block road over Qadri verdict. 
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                                                            Reaction: Mixed response on Qadri verdictRights activists, religious leaders, lawyers express contrary views. 
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                                                            Verdict is in: Death penalty for Taseer’s assassinSelf-confessed killer of Punjab governor convicted of murder and terrorism. 
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                                                            A welcome verdictJust because Qadri has been handed down a death sentence does not mean that the judge be given a death sentence too. 
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                                                            Twitter alert: Death for Salmaan Taseer's killerSome express joy over verdict while some find the capital punishment too harsh. 
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                                                            Taseer murder case: Qadri sentenced to deathMumtaz Qadri's supporters took to the streets to denounce the sentence soon after it was handed down. 
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                                                            Mumtaz Qadri’s bogus defenceThe inevitability of Taseer’s murder is argued by defence as "if Qadri had not killed him, someone else would... 
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                                                            Salmaan Taseer case: No remorse as defence wraps up argumentsQadri’s lawyers point to governor’s conduct as ‘justification’ for murder. 
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                                                            Violent obscurantism: Qadri confesses to Taseer murder in courtQadri claims that he lost his temper and shot the governor in anger. 
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                                                            The cockroach anniversaryPatriots justifying killings in Balochistan, are quiet on other ills think honour supersedes extra-judicial killings. 
 
    










































