Pakistani governor assassinated

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The influential governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, has died after being shot by one of his bodyguards in the capital, Islamabad. Taseer, a senior member of the Pakistan People’s Party, was shot when getting into his car at a market. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani declared three days of national mourning and ordered flags lowered to half-mast. He also ordered an immediate inquiry into Mr Taseer’s killing and appealed for calm. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad. Download MP3


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  • saqib shah

    y only leftist politicians get killed not the conservative ones? because we leftists do not kill anyone! only conservatives do.