Mumtaz Qadri claimed to have killed the Governor because Taseer spoke in defense of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death.
13 Facts About Mumtaz Qadri
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Mumtaz Qadri was convicted by the Islamabad High Court, sentenced to death and hanged in February 2016.
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Mumtaz Qadri was a son of a vegetable seller in Muslim Town, Rawalpindi.
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Mumtaz Qadri joined the Punjab Police in 2002 and was promoted to the Elite Police in 2007.
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Mumtaz Qadri, who was there in the capacity of Taseer's bodyguard, shot Taseer 28 times and killed him.
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Mumtaz Qadri surrendered immediately after the shooting and was arrested.
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Mumtaz Qadri appeared in court on 9 January 2011 and confessed that he had killed Salman Taseer because of his speaking against the blasphemy law.
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Mumtaz Qadri was charged with the murder of the Governor of the Punjab.
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Mumtaz Qadri filed an appeal in Islamabad High Court on 6 October 2011 against his death sentence, and the appeal was admitted on 11 October 2011.
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The funeral of Mumtaz Qadri was held on 1 March 2016 at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.
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Mumtaz Qadri was buried in the Bara Kahu district of Islamabad.
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The adulation that Mumtaz Qadri received following his execution was compared to that given to Ilm-ud-din, who murdered a book publisher in 1929.
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Mumtaz Qadri's execution has become a rallying point for Pakistan's Barelvis and some Sufis.