Under blasphemy law, anyone who insults Islam can be sentenced to death
Mumtaz Qadri shot and killed Governor Salman Taseer in 2011after Taseer defended a Christian woman accused of desecrating a Quran.(Photo: AFP)
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a former police officer convicted of killing a provincial governor he had accused of blasphemy.
Mumtaz Qadri shot and killed Governor Salman Taseer in 2011 in Islamabad days after Taseer defended a Christian woman accused of desecrating a Quran.
State-run television says Wednesday's ruling by the country's highest court came months after Qadri filed an appeal against his conviction by a trial court, which had sentenced him to death in October 2011. Qadri still has the right to submit a clemency petition to Pakistan's president.
Under Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws, anyone accused of insulting Islam or the Prophet Muhammad can be sentenced to death.
( Source : AP )
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