Pakistan bans Islamist rallies supporting killer of governor
Pakistan on Tuesday said it would bar Islamist organisations from staging rallies commemorating Mumtaz Qadri, whom many consider a hero for assassinating former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer. Qadri was executed on February 29, 2016, for killing Taseer who was slammed by religious hardliners after he called for the reform of blasphemy laws that mandate the death penalty for insulting Islam.