The former President Asif Zardari said the former Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer laid down his life six years ago to protect minorities and vulnerable sections of society against misuse of religion based laws and we pay homage to his memory. In his message on the death anniversary of Salmaan Taseer, he said, his assassination at the hands of bigots was not just a loss of a political party; it was a loss of the nation, he said.

The PPP rejects bigots and extremists who continue to exploit religion based laws to impose upon the people their own version of religious edicts on the one hand and to stifle dissent on the other, the former President said. The PPP will continue to oppose and resist the narrow and bigoted narrative of Islamic tenets by some elements to suit their political agenda, he said. "On the sixth anniversary of Shaheed Taseer let us pledge that collectively we will prevent the misuse of the religion based laws," he said. He prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.-PR

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