Muhammad Tahirul Qadri (C), a Sufi cleric and leader of the Minhaj-ul-Quran religious organisation, gives a speech during his meeting with supporters in Lahore June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza By ...

Paramilitary personnel, police prepare for Islamist protests after the execution of Salmaan Taseer’s assassin. Following the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of Salmaan Taseer, Pakistan on Monday ...

He calls himself Sheikh-ul-Islam and gets his supporters to swear allegiance to him on the Koran, but he hates to be called "maulana," a term regularly used to refer to religious scholars in Pakistan.

Asia Bibi had been on death row for eight years, and her case helped focus international attention on Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy law. By Salman Masood The blast, which appeared to be caused by a ...

WHO and what is Tahir ul Qadri? And, more importantly, who is behind him? Those are the questions now racing through political Pakistan, with no firm answers. The religious cleric, previously a minor ...

Pakistan, according to a constant and common refrain, provides an enabling environment for extremism. So long as the state is unable or unwilling to confront the radical ideologies that suffuse ...

A Pakistani court has decided to hear the appeal of the confessed-killer Mumtaz Qadri, who was sentenced to death this month for killing the Governor of Punjab earlier this year. The court's decision ...

Thousands of the executed man’s supporters took to the streets in cities across Pakistan as news of his death emerged, and security forces are on high alert for his funeral Tuesday, where large ...

KARACHI, Pakistan — The assassin has been showered with rose petals, his home has become a shrine to the faithful, and thousands of supporters have marched in the streets, praising him as a heroic ...

The protest march led by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has electrified Pakistan by throwing a wrench into the government's plans for an orderly run-up to new elections. But it also has raised a storm of ...

LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) - A flamboyant Pakistani cleric vowing to bring down the country's government has denied widespread speculation he is backed by the powerful military. Tahir ul-Qadri flew ...