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Islamabad : Pakistan | Jan 10, 2011 at 1:05 AM PST
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Raily in Supporting Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri Leading by Mufti Hanif Qureshi P2

Mumtaz Qadri has confessed before a judicial magistrate of committing the crime after attending a religious gathering in Rawalpindi, Geo News reported Monday.

According to the sources, Malik Mumtaz Qadri confessed of killing the governor before the judge. He told the magistrate that he had decided to kill the governor after attending a religious gathering in Rawalpindi where the speaker said that Salman Taseer had committed blasphemy.

The police have sought arrest warrants of two other men, Qari Hanif and Syed Ishtiaq Shah. Both of them run a madressah in Rawalpindi and belonged to Attock.

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