Pak governor assassinated for questioning Blasphemy Law!

Religious leaders have praised the governor's killer and called for a boycott of the ceremonies in Lahore, says the BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad.



Five hundred scholars from the moderate Barelvi sect of Sunni Muslims have warned that anyone who expresses grief over the assassination could suffer the same fate.

Many religious leaders have publicly justified the murder, the liberal sections of the society have been more cautious in condemning it. This is due to the rising tendency in the society to silence voices of religious dissent by force, a tendency promoted by militant groups and condoned by religious forces active in the political sphere.