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From the day he was arrested, he was held in custody on a five-day remand. He appeared in court on 9 January 2011 and confessed that he had killed Salman Taseer because of his speaking against the blasphemy law. During his appearance in court over 300 lawyers offered to represent him
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named after Mumtaz Qadri and as of 2014, the mosque was so popular that it started raising funds to double its capacity.
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