Incensed locals have launched protests in different cities against hanging of Mumtaz Qadri who had killed Punjab governor Salman Taseer.
Section 144 has been imposed in the provincial capital Lahore to counter attempted rallies causing trouble in the city.
Ravi Bridge is shut for traffic while heavy contingent of police has been deployed at the site.
Protesters are staging demonstrations at Lahore’s Shahdara Chowk while in Karachi, Shahrah-e-Faisal is blocked. Ghareebabad area of Sindh’s capital also witnessed protests and road leading to Liaquatabad from Hassan Square was closed for all kinds of traffic.
Metro bus service is suspended in Rawalpindi as protesters have blocked the route and shut the key terminal. Flocks of people have also shut expressway and Faizabad bridge that connect the city with the federal capital.
Protesters reportedly pelted dozens of vehicles with stones and broke window panes.
Workers of Sunni Tehreek (ST) demonstrated protest in Sindh’s Hyderabad against Qadri’s execution. Schools and shops were forcefully shut across the city.
Qadri, a former police commando in Taseer’s security protocol, gunned down the former Governor on 4th Jaunary 2011 in Islamabad s Kohsar Market. Qadri was handed a death sentence by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC).
