Major markets including cloth market of Andhi Khoi, Chowk Bazar, Hussain Agahi Bazar, Grain market, iron market, and fruits-vegetable market remained closed in Multan city to mourn the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer.
Later, a big rally was organised after Zuhr prayer from Masjid Phool Hut under the leadership of Qari Ahmed Mian, Chief of Tehrik Tahafuz Namoos-e Risalat, Allama Khalid Mehmood Nadeem(Jamiat Ahle Hadith) and Ayyub Mughal of JUP. More than 300 people mostly baton wielding youths took part in the rally to express their anger against the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri. They called him" Hero" of Islam. Participants were shouting anti government slogans.