Needless to say, it wasn't easy keeping up with the thousands of tweets on the hanging. We did the leg work of digging out the most incisive commentary on Qadri's hanging so you wouldn't have to. Leave your comments below to have your say.
MumtazQadri being hanged is a victory to #Pakistan. NOT the #Taseer family.The safe return of my brother is the only victory my family wants
— Shehryar Taseer (@shehryar_taseer) February 29, 2016
of everything the state has done so far to counter challenges to its writ, Mumtaz Qadri's execution seems to me to be the most significant.
— EH (@ejazhaider) February 29, 2016
Nothing is more potent than writ of the state. #MumtazQadri
— Aoun Sahi (@AounSahi) February 29, 2016
@le_Sabre First time in my living memory when the state exercised its writ. Never too late.
— Saad M. Waraich (@SaadMWaraich) February 29, 2016
The Pakistani state has hanged a man revered by the radicalized elements of society. That's no small matter, by any measure. #MumtazQadri
— Michael Kugelman (@MichaelKugelman) February 29, 2016
That said, a death, even as an act of justice,is at best a necessary evil calling for sobriety, not celebration. #MumtazQadri
— Aqil Sajjad (@AqilSajjad) February 29, 2016
From the PM's diwali speech, Malik Ishaq to Pb Women Act & Sharmeen Chinnoy's adulation: The PM & CM Punjab have gone where few have dared.
— salman akram raja (@salmanAraja) February 29, 2016
Pakistani liberals celebrating violence [#Qadri hanging]. Behaving like extremists. Desperate to see silver lining, they forgo their values
— Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) February 29, 2016
Why the fuss? Qadri is just one of over 300 convicts Pakistan has hanged since lifting the moratorium on executions after #APSattack 2014.
— beena sarwar (@beenasarwar) February 29, 2016
It didn't take a military court to convict Qadri. Civilian resolve plain to see in sentencing, and the enactment of that sentence.
— Asad Khawaja (@asadmkh) February 29, 2016
Can we not equate @sharmeenochinoy winning an Oscar with Qadri's hanging. Please. One deserves applaud. The other, we're talking of death.
— Sana Bucha (@sanabucha) February 29, 2016
Drove for a bit. Didnt c any1 mourning or celebrating Qadri's death.Just panicked drivers rushing 2schools&offices. Lets stop spreadng panic
— Farrukh K. Pitafi (@FarrukhKPitafi) February 29, 2016
I'm in shock. Mumtaz Qadri hanged and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wins an Oscar. Am I really in Pakistan?
— Bina Shah (@BinaShah) February 29, 2016
Full marks to the current civil/milty dispensation for upholding the law against all threats. The message is important #MumtazQadri
— Haroun Rashid (@HarounRashid2) February 29, 2016
Mumtaz Qadri was not only unrepentant on a cold blooded murder, but was also instigating other inmates for similar crimes. #CondemnedKiller
— Marvi Sirmed (@marvisirmed) February 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/mirza9/status/704158428613181440
A death should never be cause for any celebration but it's really difficult to feel any sympathy for this man or his vile supporters. #Qadri
— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) February 29, 2016
#Media Beware:
— Adil Najam (@AdilNajam) February 29, 2016
Let us not let #MumtazQadri
becone another #LalMasjid:
A monster larger in death
than even in life. pic.twitter.com/Kxb6Kgnyyh
Five years after he assassinated @SalmaanTaseer, Mumtaz Qadri is hanged. But Aasia Bibi still in jail for blasphemy. https://t.co/Cml8WfQzd9
— Declan Walsh (@declanwalsh) February 29, 2016
The man is dead. But his insanity is found in many of those who are mourning his demise. Alarming. #MumtazQadri
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) February 29, 2016
Whether u endorse death penalty or not, from a legal position the Qadri case is beyond any speculation. Someone tell the protesting lawyers
— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) February 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/ArifCRafiq/status/704156066616102912
Whether u endorse death penalty or not, from a legal position the Qadri case is beyond any speculation. Someone tell the protesting lawyers
— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) February 29, 2016
And no 'Pakistan isn't shut down' and nor is 'society rallying in protest against qadri hanging'. If it were you'd know it, believe me.
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) February 29, 2016
No one is celebrating the death of #MumtazQadri, a bigoted murderer, rather the fact that justice prevailed in #Pakistan today.
— F Shirin MD (@FShirin) February 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/Ahmad_Noorani/status/704171665874415616
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