Taseer Assasination

Special security guards from the US are now being considered for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari following the assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer by one of his own security men, a media report said.The Express Tribune quoted sources as saying that though Zardari's security has always been cause of concern for the authorities; a prop...

The assassin of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer today confessed in a Pakistani court that he had acted alone in killing the politician and that he had been planning the attack before being deployed to guard him.Even as suspicion lingered that he was part of a conspiracy, Mumtaz Qari denied that he was influenced by any political or religious group.Q...

Two TV news channels have been fined Rs 1 million by Pakistan's media regulatory watchdog for airing an interview of the assassin of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer.The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) imposed the fines on Samaa and Waqt channels for airing the interview of Mumtaz Qadri, who gunned down Taseer is I...

Describing as "utter madness" the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer by one of his guards who was angered by his opposition to blasphemy law, the Pakistani media on Wednesday said it was a reflection of the growing "cancer of intolerance" in the society.     Taseer was an outspoken critic of the blasphemy law and "p...

Special security guards from the US are now being considered for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari following the assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer by one of his own security men, a media report said.The Express Tribune quoted sources as saying that though Zardari's security has always been cause of concern for the authorities; a prop...

The assassin of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer today confessed in a Pakistani court that he had acted alone in killing the politician and that he had been planning the attack before being deployed to guard him.Even as suspicion lingered that he was part of a conspiracy, Mumtaz Qari denied that he was influenced by any political or religious group.Q...

Two TV news channels have been fined Rs 1 million by Pakistan's media regulatory watchdog for airing an interview of the assassin of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer.The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) imposed the fines on Samaa and Waqt channels for airing the interview of Mumtaz Qadri, who gunned down Taseer is I...

Describing as "utter madness" the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer by one of his guards who was angered by his opposition to blasphemy law, the Pakistani media on Wednesday said it was a reflection of the growing "cancer of intolerance" in the society.     Taseer was an outspoken critic of the blasphemy law and "p...