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Shahbaz Taseer, Kidnapped Son Of Assassinated Pak Governor, Found After 5 Years
The kidnapped son of a liberal Pakistani governor assassinated by his bodyguard has been found, senior officials said today, just over a week after his father's killer was hanged.
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Guard pleads guilty in Pak governor Salmaan Taseer's murder
The confessed killer of a liberal Pakistani Governor pleaded guilty Monday to murder, telling a judge he didn't regret gunning the politician down because he killed "an apostate" as required under his interpretation of Islamic law, lawyers said.Mumtaz Qadri shot dead Punjab province Governor Salman Taseer in January while serving as part of his sec...
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'27 bullets fired at my father, Salmaan Taseer'
TWENTY-SEVEN. That's the number of bullets a police guard fired into my father before surrendering himself with a sinister smile to the policemen around him. Salmaan Taseer, governor of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, was assassinated on Tuesday -- my brother Shehryar's 25th birthday -- outside a market near our family home in Islamabad....
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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...
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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...
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Shahbaz Taseer, Kidnapped Son Of Assassinated Pak Governor, Found After 5 Years
The kidnapped son of a liberal Pakistani governor assassinated by his bodyguard has been found, senior officials said today, just over a week after his father's killer was hanged.
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Guard pleads guilty in Pak governor Salmaan Taseer's murder
The confessed killer of a liberal Pakistani Governor pleaded guilty Monday to murder, telling a judge he didn't regret gunning the politician down because he killed "an apostate" as required under his interpretation of Islamic law, lawyers said.Mumtaz Qadri shot dead Punjab province Governor Salman Taseer in January while serving as part of his sec...
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'27 bullets fired at my father, Salmaan Taseer'
TWENTY-SEVEN. That's the number of bullets a police guard fired into my father before surrendering himself with a sinister smile to the policemen around him. Salmaan Taseer, governor of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, was assassinated on Tuesday -- my brother Shehryar's 25th birthday -- outside a market near our family home in Islamabad....
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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...
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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...
