Shahbaz Taseer Release

The son of an assassinated Pakistani governor who was released more than four years after his kidnapping by terrorists said the Quran, memories of his family and hearing Manchester United soccer games on an illicit radio helped him survive.

The kidnapped son of a slain Pakistani governor was reunited with his family on Wednesday after nearly five years in captivity, smiling for photographs with his mother after he was flown to his home city of Lahore.

Five people have been detained in Lahore in connection with the abduction of Shahbaz Taseer, the son of late Punjab province governor Salman Taseer, police said. Shahbaz Taseer was abducted from Lahore's Gulberg area on Friday. He was travelling with a friend when four armed men abducted them at gunpoint. His friend, who was later released, told th...

The son of an assassinated Pakistani governor who was released more than four years after his kidnapping by terrorists said the Quran, memories of his family and hearing Manchester United soccer games on an illicit radio helped him survive.

The kidnapped son of a slain Pakistani governor was reunited with his family on Wednesday after nearly five years in captivity, smiling for photographs with his mother after he was flown to his home city of Lahore.

Five people have been detained in Lahore in connection with the abduction of Shahbaz Taseer, the son of late Punjab province governor Salman Taseer, police said. Shahbaz Taseer was abducted from Lahore's Gulberg area on Friday. He was travelling with a friend when four armed men abducted them at gunpoint. His friend, who was later released, told th...