Punjab Governor Assassinated By Bodyguard
January 04 2011
Police in Pakistan say the governor of Punjab province has been assassinated in Islamabad, the BBC reports.
Gov. Salman Taseer was shot Tuesday by a member of his own security detail as he got out of his car near a market in the capital, police said.
He reportedly died of his injuries in a nearby hospital.
Taseer was a senior member of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and had spoken out repeatedly against the nation's blasphemy law, noted the Times of India.
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