7,000 booked in Pak for rioting

Over 7,000 supporters of Mumtaz Qadri have been booked by the police for rioting in Pakistan’s biggest city following the execution of the former police commando, hanged for killing Punjab’s governor Salman Taseer over his opposition to the blasphemy laws.

Around 7,000 protesters had blocked the busy M A Jinnah Road, and used abusive language against state institutions during their rally here in the city after Qadri was hanged on Monday.  Reports said the FIR was filed in the Soldier Bazaar police station on behalf of the state. Sources said, that the protesters have been booked under sections of the Pakistan Penal Code and Loudspeakers Act.