Pakistan Governor Killed

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  '$30,000, House In Pakistan': What Taliban Promised Chef To Kill UAE Diplomats

  Thirty thousand dollars and a house in Pakistan. That's what it took chef Sayed Mahboob Agha to set off explosives that killed six UAE diplomates and six others in the Kandahar Governor's guesthouse in January this year. This is what a joint Afghanistan, US (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and UAE probe has concluded, according to Afghan Intellige...

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  Shahbaz Taseer's Kidnapper Among 6 Killed By Pakistan

  Pakistan police claim to have killed over six Taliban terrorists, including one who is accused of kidnapping Shahbaz Taseer, the son of murdered Paksitan Punjab governor Salman Taseer.

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  Executed Pakistani Hailed As Hero Of Islam For Supporting Blasphemy Law

  Tens of thousands of supporters today cheered and threw flowers at the casket of a bodyguard executed for killing the governor of Pakistan's most populous province over his call to reform a strict blasphemy law.

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  Pakistan Hangs Islamist Who Killed Blasphemy Reform Governor: Police

  Pakistan hanged the assassin of a governor today who sought reform of the country's blasphemy law, officials and supporters told AFP, saying Mumtaz Qadri had been executed at a prison in Rawalpindi.

• Taliban attack kills 19 Afghan soldiers, more missing: official

  The Taliban attacked an Afghan army base in the country's eastern Kunar province early on Sunday, killing 19 soldiers and kidnapping seven, the spokesman for the provincial governor said.

• Pakistanis pile bodies outside governor's house in protest

  Pashtun Tribesmen from northwest Pakistan dumped 15 bloody bodies in front of government offices on Wednesday, protesting against what they said were extra-judicial killings by security forces in the latest challenge to the government's authority.

• Taliban faction claims responsibility for killing Taseer

  A Pakistani Taliban faction linked to trainer of suicide bombers Qari Hussain on Thursdayclaimed responsibility for the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, saying that the "man who killed him was from among us.""We claim responsibility for the killing of Salmaan Taseer. The Punjab Governor was our target and we have planned this progra...

• Pak Governor Salman Taseer's assassin garlanded

  Lawyers showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court on Wednesday and an influential Muslim scholars' group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam.Mumtaz Qadri, 26, made his first appearance in an Islamabad court, where a ju...

• Pak police arrests man who offered Rs 20 million for killing Taseer

  Pakistani police have arrested a man who had announced a Rs 20 million prize for anyone who killed Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for opposing the country's controversial blasphemy law.Sardar Ebaad Dogar of Khangarh near Multan was arrested yesterday shortly after Taseer was gunned down by a guard who claimed he was angered by the Governor's opposi...

• Pakistan tense after Governor shooting

  The governor of Pakistan's wealthiest and most populous province was shot dead in the capital on Tuesday by one of his own guards, who later told interrogators that he was angry about the politician's stance against the country's blasphemy law, officials said. (Read and watch: Pak Punjab Governor assassinated by guard)Bullet casings and blood cover...

• Pakistan Governor killed in gun attack: Police

  Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Pakistan's powerful Punjab province and a key aide of President Asif Ali Zardari, was assassinated in Islamabad on Tuesday by one of his security guards who was angered by his opposition to a controversial blasphemy law.Taseer, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was getting into his car at Kohsar...