Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS): The bodyguard who assassinated Punjab governor Salman Taseer in January this year was found guilty and sentenced to death Saturday by a Pakistani court, a media report said.
The sentence was handed down by the Anti-Terrorism Court sitting in Rawalpindi.
Taseer was shot dead Jan 4 by Mumtaz Qadri who was a member of the governor's special security squad.
Geo News reported that Qadri was sentenced to death for killing Taseer who had urged reforms to a blasphemy law. Qadri had confessed to the murder.