Religious intolerance
On September 8 BBC Radio 4 and the World Service will broadcast a dramatised documentary about the murder last year of Punjab’s Governor Salmaan Taseer by one of his security…
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In a statement he recorded on Monday before an assistant commissioner, Mumtaz Qadri, the man who pumped 27 bullets into Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, said that he was influenced by…
Measuring the media
When Bushra Gohar, one of the bright stars of the National Assembly, entered politics as a member of the Awami National Party, she did not know that “I am an…
Guarding the guards
One of the great tragedies to befall this country was the assassination of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer by Mumtaz Qadri in Islamabad on Jan 4, 2011, bringing into sharp focus…
Slaying the dragon
At a quiet lunch recently, a top western diplomat expressed his amazement at the sight of lawyers showering Salmaan Taseer’s killer Mumtaz Qadri with rose petals. “I thought most Pakistanis…
