Name: Pak Punjab province governor Taseer shot dead
Uploaded: 2011-01-05T00:17:32+05:30
Description: The governor of Punjab province, Salman Taseer, was shot dead by his own bodyguard.

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Islamabad: Punjab's high profile Governor Salmaan Taseer was assassinated by his own guard in the heart of Islamabad. The guard was described as a religious fanatic apparently incensed by the Governor's tough stand against blasphemy laws. 
 
Salman Taseer, a confidant of Pakistan's President Zardari and the governor of Punjab province was killed at point blank range by his own security guard. 
 
Eyewitnesses said the guard Mumtaz Hussain Qadri of the VIP protection unit Elite Force opened fire on Taseer as he was getting into his vehicle in Islamabad's Kohsar market area. 
 
Police confirmed Taseer was hit nine times in the neck and chest. Doctors declared him dead at the hospital where he was taken. 
 
Qadri reportedly laid down his automatic rifle and surrendered to others in the security detail. During an interrogation he is said to have confessed to the killing and why he did it. 
 
“The killer has identified himself as Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri and has worked five to six time previously. He has been arrested. He said that Taseer referred to the blasphemy laws as ‘Black Laws’ and that’s why he killed him. We will carry out a thorough investigation,” said Rehman Malik, Interior Minister, Pakistan. 
 
Taseer's killing comes at a time when the defection of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have reduced the government to a minority and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has given the government three days to carry out key reforms otherwise the PPP would be expelled from the Punjab provincial government. 
 
Taseer's last tweet reflected confidence his party would weather the storm. It ran thus: President Zardari's total support of PM has once again silenced rumours of split in PPP top leadership. Govt is here till 2013.

Pak Punjab province governor Taseer shot dead

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