Supporters of former police bodyguard Mumtaz Qadri hold posters bearing his image as they gather opposite a police cordon outside the High Court in Islamabad . PHOTO: AFP
On Thursday, when Qadri’s brother and father went to meet him at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, they were only allowed to see him through an iron fence owing to security concerns. However, Qadri protested against the move and threatened to commit suicide if he was not allowed to meet his family in a separate room.
SC upholds death sentence for Salmaan Taseer's killer
According to a jail official, Qadri was earlier allowed to meet his family as per demand and in a separate room.
However, following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold his death penalty, the former elite force guard is not allowed the luxury anymore.
After Qadri threatened to commit suicide, the authorities let him to see his family in a separate room.
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Earlier in October, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa scrapped a plea seeking to revoke Qadri’s death sentence.
Qadri, a former police guard, had assassinated former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer on January 4, 2011 outside his residence adjacent to an upscale market in the federal capital.
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