Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...