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| India-Pakistan |
| 'The court delivered half justice to my client' |
| 2015-03-10 |
| [DAWN] Within minutes of the verdict, a celebratory sense enveloped the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises where Mumtaz Qadri's supporters distributed sweetmeats to anyone who was willing to share their joy. Their happiness was shared by those who defended Mumtaz Qadri in the court. While the IHC upheld the murder case against Qadri for killing former governor Salman Taseer, his lawyers were happy the terrorism charges against Qadri had been dropped, thanks to their efforts. Mumtaz Qadri, who was employed to provide security to Taseer, killed the latter in January 2011 in Islamabad. He was convicted by the Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in October the same year, under both section 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act (ATA) and under section 302 of Pakistain Penal Code (PPC) respectively. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Not unique to Pak lawyers. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-03-10 09:46 |
| #1 A serious culling of Pak lawyers would do a lot of good it seems |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-03-10 08:55 |