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Pakistan attack kills Punjab governor
by Declan Walsh https://www.legal-project.org/1041/pakistan-attack-kills-punjab-governor Excerpt: The governor of Pakistan's largest province has been killed by one of his own bodyguards, apparently because he had spoken out against the country's controversial blasphemy laws. In the most high-profile political assassination since the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007, Punjab governor Salman Taseer was shot nine times at Kohsar market, an upmarket shopping area less than a mile from the presidential palace. The interior minister, Rahman Malik, said that the gunman had told police he had killed Taseer for criticising the country's blasphemy legislation. Taseer, who was close to President Asif Ali Zardari and an outspoken critic of militant groups, was pronounced dead at the nearby Poly Clinic hospital. He had recently courted the anger of Islamist extremists by defending a Christian woman condemned to death for blasphemy. Taseer called for the repeal of the "disgraceful" laws after Aasia Bibi was sentenced under the colonial-era law. Read the complete original version of this item... receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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