AlQa'dah 3, 1432, Oct 1, 2011, SPA - An anti-terrorist court in Pakistan on Saturday ordered the death sentence for the convicted killer of a politician gunned down in January. Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri killed Salman Taseer, the leader of ruling Pakistan People Party and governor of the eastern province of Punjab as he came out of a restaurant in Islamabad. State-run Pakistan Television said Qadri was sentenced by judge Pervez Ali Shah of the special court on two counts of intentional murder and terrorism. The hearing was held in neighboring Rawalpindi city for security reasons, according to a report of the Associated Press.
