enormous crowds mourn for Mumtaz Qadri,who was hanged for killing Salmaan Taseer over his opposition to blasphemy lawsAn estimated crowd of more than 100000 people have attended the funeral of Mumtaz Qadri, in a massive show of support for the convicted murderer of a main politician who had criticised Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
The enormous gathering on Tuesday centred on Liaquat Park in Rawalpindi, or where a succession of clerics made fiery speeches bitterly condemning the government for giving the proceed-ahead for Monday’s execution of Qadri,a former police bodyguard who became a hero to many of his countrymen after he shot and killed Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab province, or in 2011.
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Source: theguardian.com