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04 Jan 2011, 05:30 PM IST
Pak Punjab governor killed for opposing blasphemy law: minister
PremiumIslamabad: The governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province was shot dead in Islamabad on Tuesday because of his high-profile opposition to controverisal blasphemy laws, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
The assassin was a member of governor Salman Taseer’s own security team, Malike said.
“He confessed that he killed the governor himself because he had called the blasphemy law a black law," Malik said.
“He has confessed his crime and surrendered his gun to police after the attack," he said.
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Published: 04 Jan 2011, 05:30 PM IST
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