Mumtaz Qadri files appeal against death penalty in Supreme Court
On March 9, IHC upheld the murder sentence for Mumtaz Qadri in Salman Taseer murder case.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Mumtaz Qadri has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) against his death penalty in Punjab Governor Salman Taseer’s murder case, Dunya News reported on Monday.
The petition filed by Qadri’s lawyer Advocate Khawaja Sharif seeks reduction in death sentence.
It was mentioned in the petition that the Islamabad High Court s ruling of a death sentence for Qadri is not in accordance with the law as the murder was caused by provocation.
An anti-terrorism court handed down double death sentences for murder and terrorism to Qadri in late 2011. He appealed the sentences, but on March 9, Islamabad High Court upheld the murder sentence - though it struck down the sentence for terrorism.
Mumtaz Qadri was a bodyguard for Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and was convicted of shooting him dead in Islamabad in January 2011.
