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The Taseer assassination, one year on

By Ahsan Butt Wed, Jan 04, 2012 3:41PM UTC View Comments

I don’t have a great deal to say, to be honest. There is one point I would like to make, however. For me, the Taseer assassination symbolized the end of the game. It’s when I gave up hope. It’s when I sharply realized that even if Pakistan, the state and the society both, take forward...

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Pakistani gets death sentence for Salman Taseer murder

By AP News Sun, Oct 02, 2011 12:33PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted and sentenced a police officer to death for the killing of a liberal governor earlier this year, a murder that led to fears the country was buckling under the weight of extremism. The January murder in broad daylight of Punjab provincial governor, Salman Taseer, by...

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An email on Salman Taseer

By Ahsan Butt Mon, Jan 24, 2011 1:52AM UTC View Comments

I get a lot fewer emails from readers than I used to, primarily (I think) due to Twitter. But I did get one a couple days ago, and I thought it was worthy of sharing with our other readers. This is from Hamza in Lahore. I’m a fairly regular reader of your blog, and in...

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Pakistani governor buried under tightened security

By AP News Wed, Jan 05, 2011 6:00PM UTC View Comments

Troops of Pakistan's para military force stand guard outside a local hospital where Punjab's governor Salman Taseer's dead body was brought in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday. Pic: AP.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore on Wednesday ahead of the funeral for an outspoken provincial governor shot dead by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, a high-profile, 66-year-old businessman and media tycoon, was a...

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Governor Taseer’s assassination: Reaction and opinions

By Ahsan Butt Wed, Jan 05, 2011 6:46AM UTC View Comments

A sampling from around the web. Rashid Rahman: Salmaan Taseer grew up in straitened family circumstances due to the untimely demise of his father, famous intellectual Dr. M. D. Taseer. His mother, Chris, struggled in penury to bring up her three children, Salmaan and his two sisters. From such humble beginnings, Salmaan went on to...

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