Tag: Taseer

Having failed to trace out the abducted Shahbaz Taseer, son of slain former Governor Punjab Salman Taseer, police have broadened the investigation scope to...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed concern over former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s son Shahbaz Taseer’s kidnapping and urged the Punjab government...

The lofty claims of the Lahore Police of recovering Shahbaz Taseer at the earliest have fallen flat, as police have made no major breakthrough...

Police has not been able to find a clue of kidnapped Shahbaz Taseer, son of former Governor Salman Taseer despite passage of one and...

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab on Saturday decided to submit a requisition regarding calling a Punjab Assembly’s meeting on Shahbaz Taseer’s kidnapping incident. Opposition Leader...

Deputy Inspector General (Operations) of Punjab Police Ghulam Mehmood Dogar has revealed late Friday night that the law enforcing agencies had found the clue...

Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa expressed serious concerns over the law and order situation in the province on Friday and termed the abduction...

The video recording of events occurring few seconds prior to abduction of Shahbaz Taseer has been recovered. The incident occurred between the homes of Punjab...

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday telephoned the widow of former governor Punjab Salman Taseer and said all out efforts would be made to...

Punjab’s Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that Salmaan Taseer’s son Shahbaz Taseer was abducted by Waziristan-based militant outfits. Speaking to journalists, Sananullah said that...

Shahbaz Taseer, the son of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was kidnapped here on Friday. According to the police, Shahbaz Taseer was kidnapped on...

The hearing of the murder case of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer has been adjourned until July 23 owing to the leave of Anti...

Proceedings regarding the killing of former Governor Punjab, Sulman Taseer could not be held due to absence of Special Judge of Anti Terrorism Court...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday conferred civil and military awards on outstanding individuals at an investiture ceremony held here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, the chairman senate, speaker national assembly, federal ministers, parliamentarians, services chiefs, Islamabad-based diplomats and prominent citizens attended the ceremony.
President Zardari decorated both civil and military personnel, including the foreign nationals for

ISLAMABAD - An Anti Terrorism Court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of Taseer assassination case until March 26. The judge adjourned the hearing after two more witnesses recorded their statements, said Malik Mohammad Rafique, one of counsel of Qadri.
The witnesses, a police draftsman Khuram Shehzad and an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Gul Faraz, told the court about the scene and the post-mortem examination. Meanwhile, around 150 people rallied outside the prison chanting

LAHORE - There is more to slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer's assassination than his assassin Malik Mumtaz Qadri: key pieces of evidence have either been overlooked or have gone missing, Pakistan Today has learnt. Moreover, while the investigation team insists otherwise, the prosecution and the defence have verified that a chemical examination has not been conducted.
"A chemical examination was essential, especially in a case as high profile as this," a senior Punjab Police

ISLAMABAD - Fueling the controversy whether Salmaan Taseer should be called a 'shaheed' or not, Senator Humayun Mandokhel said on the floor of the House on Monday that the slain governor had blasphemed and those who call him a martyr also commit blasphemy.
He said this while speaking on a motion that he had moved for breach of his privilege by a UNDP staffer for misquoting him in media on this issue. "A woman, Marvi Sirmad of the UNDP, invited me to the chelum of Salmaan Taseer