PAKISTAN: PETITION FILED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
lawyer G M Chaudhry filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan challenging the death sentence of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri for murdering Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
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lawyer G M Chaudhry filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan challenging the death sentence of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri for murdering Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer. Chaudhry challenged the constitutionality of anti-terrorism court judge Pervez Ali Shah issuing a death sentence for the ordinary crime of murder.
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- (Sources: Hindustan Times, 04/10/2011)
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