Punjab Governor Assassination

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  Lahore Tense Over Clerics' Call To Celebrate Taseer's Assassination

  Over 100 clerics were arrested in Punjab province on Wednesday for attempting to hold a rally in Lahore to "celebrate" the sixth anniversary of the assassination of the then Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.

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  Pakistan Governor Salmaan Taseer's Killer Loses Bid To Review Death Sentence

  Pakistan's Supreme Court today rejected the review petition against the death sentence of a police bodyguard for assassinating former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer for criticising the country's controversial blasphemy laws.

• Pak Taliban admit to holding Shahbaz Taseer for first time

  A reporter for The New York Times, David Rohde, who was captured in Afghanistan, fled captivity in North Waziristan with an Afghan colleague in 2009, but otherwise successful escapes are rare. Others currently in captivity include Mr Khan, who went missing in September 2010; Warren Weinstein, an American consultant whose kidnapping has been claimed...

• Judge who convicted Taseer's assassin sent to Saudi Arabia

  The Pakistani government has packed off the judge, who gave the death sentence to Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's self-confessed assassin, to Saudi Arabia after he received death threats from religious extremists.

• Pak court gives death sentence to Salmaan Taseer's assassin

  A Pakistani anti-terrorism court handed down the death sentence to the police guard on Friday. The guard had assassinated Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for calling for changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law.

• Full transcript Your Call with Aatish Taseer

  Son of well-known Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and Salman Taseer, former Governor of Punjab in Pakistan, who was assassinated earlier this year in January, Aatish Taseer is a young writer who has already written his third book. The book is a thought provoking book on a personal journey of a discovery of a father and some countries along the way.

• Lawyers' support for Taseer's assassin worries Pak

  Cheering crowds have gathered in recent days to support the assassin who riddled the governor of Punjab with 26 bullets and to praise his attack -- carried out in the name of the Prophet Muhammad -- as an act of heroism. To the surprise of many, chief among them have been Pakistan's young lawyers, once seen as a force for democracy. Their energetic...

• 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...

• Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's assassin told fellow guards about plot

  Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, has disclosed during investigations that he had informed his fellow Pakistani guards about his intentions, a media report said on Tuesday.Qadri had told the other guards not to open fire at him after he killed Taseer as he would lay down his weapon after the murder, Geo TV quoted o...