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No breakthrough in Taseer's abduction case
IG Punjab briefs Governor Punjab Khosa about steps taken to recover Shahbaz Taseer.
IG Punjab briefs Governor Punjab Khosa about steps taken to recover Shahbaz Taseer. PHOTO: TMN/FILE
KARACHI: No breakthrough has been achieved in the search for Shahbaz Taseer, while eight teams have been formed to conduct raid for recovering the late governor Salmaan Taseer’s son, Express 24/7 reported Saturday.
The Inspector General (IG) of Punjab police briefed Governor Punjab Latif Khosa about the steps being taken to recover Shahbaz Taseer.
(Read: Brazen and in broad daylight: Salmaan Taseer’s son abducted from Lahore)
Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) Investigation Abdul Razzaq Cheema told the media that the eight teams have been formed for investigations and will conduct raids in different parts of the city.
On the other hand, fingerprints of the kidnappers have also been sent to the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) crisis management cell for verification.
Earlier on Friday, unidentified men on bikes and an SUV intercepted Shahbaz Taseer’s car and abducted him at gunpoint from the Gulberg area of Lahore.
Three men dragged Taseer out of his car and took him away. His family was informed when a company employee saw his abandoned car.
PPP to launch move against Punjab govt
Pakistan People’s Party Punjab President Imtiaz Safdar Warraich has said that his party will initiate a protest movement against the Punjab government from Monday.
He said that while addressing a press conference at PPP Punjab office.
Warraich said that the protest rallies would be organized at a district level to thrust the investigation and recovery of Shahbaz Taseer.
He condemned the incident and said that it has disturbed all the citizens of the province.
“The poor situation of crime and law and order situation in Punjab is now clear to all”, he added.
Warraich said that the Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif should improve the law and order situation in “his province” first and then talk about other provinces.
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Firstly, my prayers and earnest well wishes for Shahbaz and his family.
Warraich sahab has remarkable audacity to point fingers at Punjab’s law and order situation while Karachi incinerates due to PPP’s management(or complete lack thereof). I fail to fathom how in the world will initiating protest rallies in Punjab help recover the poor bloke? And oh, can we rally not only for VIPs but the innumerable ‘plebs’ abducted, raped and killed every day too? Just saying.
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Investigation should start from Rana Sanaullah.
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And the Terrorists go “Oh sorry, we forgot to put up the WE ARE HERE sign for uRecommend
first kill his father then kidnap him too? why not just annihilate his whole familyRecommend
Hamza Shahbaz (Son of CM Shahbaz Sharif) has 27 cops of elite force & he is asking for more. Was such security provided to Shahbaz Taseer?
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@Shahzad Ahmad:
any reference for your claim ? or is it a wild guess?
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The abduction is sickening but the governor stinks to high heaven with his political agenda! We are all praying for Shahbaz’s safe return and May Allah also rid our country of goons.Recommend
The abduction of Shahbaz Taseer seems to be an internal rift between PPP and PML(N) for political gain in Punjab province.
No ransom call has been made to Shahbaz’s family and no terrorist group has taken the responsibility of abducting him.
This is a testing time for Punjab Government. In case if God forbid some thing happened to Shabaz Taseer, every thing will come on the head of PML(N) in Punjab.
Let’s keep our fingers cross and see what is going to happen next.
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@Shahzad Ahmad: Shahbaz Taseer has 26 elite force guards – none of which were with him when he got kidnapped.
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Where is Pakistan headed?
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there is no justice for liberal and secular people in pakistan.in our country justice and security remain the sole preserve of the religious fanatics.
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Shame on Mr. Warraich for playing politics over this tragic incident. How does the Taseer clan allow this? I pray for Shahbaz’s safe return, but to give this issue a political angle is cheap and irresponsible. These are the same ‘shah kay wafadar’ who tried to incite violence in Punjab by blaming the Sharifs for Taseer’s murder. Pathetic! Such individuals are betraying Punjab’s people and Pakistan’s people. Shame on them!
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This seemed a lawless no Soul
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@Nassim Tableb: what kind of ill-informed person are you. He has two guards.
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I have never seen the liberals shed even a crocodiles tear for the massacre done in Karachi but at this incident they have gone in a frenzy!Recommend
The life and security of all those Pakistani citizens, who are being tortured and butchered every hour, of zero value for the public and government in comparison to this young man, only because he is the son of a Governor and has connections with our Ruling Mafia. Pakistani Qom ka zameer mar chuka he!Recommend
My post might well be categorized as ill-timed, but let me iterate the bitter truth: It is unfortunate and really sad that a person has been abducted. This should not have happened. And the government must recover him ASAP. But should the government only recover the kids and acquaints of the the popular people and politicians? Been several years and the government is unable to recover those commonly referred as “missing person”. Now there comes this abduction of a person who is a son of popular politician late Salman Taseer, and the government machinery, including the police and intelligence is functioning dynamically, including the media, because only the rich and popular people are worthy of such attention and quick response by the state, not the poors or unpopular people?
This is sheer discrimination. I pray for the safe recovery of Shahbaz Taseer. However, it still is sheer discrimination. This is not our Pakistan, this is sadly the Pakistan of the rich and famous people!
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May He saves him.
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quite tragic…
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It is the result of poor performance of Government on the martyrdom of Salman Taseer
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@Nassim Tableb:
Didn’t Salman Taseer have elite force guards from Punjab?
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Pakistan is fast turning into Afghanistan and Somalia. We all know who destroyed these two countries. The sympathizers of these criminals in the country as well as within PML-N elite should know what kind of anarchy it will bring. Too bad, they will go to Jeddah again, leaving the country in the mess, like they did earlier.
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@abdul moiz:
When we had to choose between two evils , we wrongly thought we had chosen the lesser evil.Recommend
@Mooed.
Following is the URL of my claim:
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/hamza-denied-an-extra-cop/
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@Abdul Rehman Gilani:
And we have never seen a person like you shedding a tear over the killing of innocents. Only the death of a criminal butcher pains you.Recommend
I m unable to understand why there is no value of a common man n y do we luv these all corrupt ppl n use all govt resources to save them. If hamza sharif has a large number of guards, tats also not fair. Common man is being slaughtered on daily basis in Pakistan while he whole govt machinery is being used to save one guy. Y the govt does not feel the pain if a common person is kidnapped, raped n killed. Stop this political point scoring n get back to work for what u were elected…
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The ISI and other national agencies should be mobilized in finding him because he could be anywhere in the country and Punjab police alone cannot find him i think.
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Has anyone called upon India, UN and USA to remove “root causes of abductions” ?
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Since America has taken some drastic measures regarding funding from the Middle East, Islamic groups are left with no money. This abduction is about both…ideology and ransom.
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what was the poor guys fault? i hope he returns home.
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The another day got completed & still he is not recovered…very sad but i hope & I m sure with the power of prayers he will be return safely very very soon….
And in the end of my comment i just want to ask those minds who thinks that of zero value for the public in such cases in the comparison to this young man, is not because he is the son of a Governor but he is the son of a Shaheed. Taseer family has already paid what they never deserve but after that if they got shift out of Pakistan for security reasons than today this will not happen but ya ofourz, Than there will be no one late to say that: “When they had time of face difficulties they left Pakistan”. But no, They are here because they are pakistani too…
So, always think before to write because: Pakistani Qaum ka zameer abhi nahi mara aur nahi kabhi mareyga!
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what a handicapped/ clueless/ helpless nation we are! shame
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All prayers for his well being and recovery. I wonder if the govt takes every citizen so seriously these things would happen less.
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It is not a coincidence that one day Shahbaz Taseer left without police escort, and the same day he was abducted. How the kidnappers knew he would leave without escort? There must be another Qadri involved here. Besides, “the 26 elite policemen” as claimed by our Mughal Badshah, were supposed to follow the him, not sit in his car. There is no way he could leave unprotected if the “elite policemen” were doing their job professionally.
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@Shahzad Ahmad:
Dear he can get as many guard he can he could have sas or ssg for his security he is a rich man and police and ranger were provided to him he did not bother to keep them with him at least hamza concerned about his security its was poor law and order and negligence on his part let pray for his safe return
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Assalam-o-Allaikum Warahmatullah.First of all this is the most saddened event.But the question rises that is Shehbaz Taseer the only son of Pakistan for whom the whole government has been red alert?Other common men whose are daily kidnapped and killed ans kidnapped for ransom,women daily raped.why the government and law enforcement agencies don’t take action as has been taking for Shehbaz Taseer?Or this country is made only for elite and privileged class?
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When his half brother Aatish Taseer wrote truths about what ails Pakistan, we Pakistanis were up in arms as usual. Now his brother has been kidnapped and the educated few of us complain but the vast majority are silent. They were silent upon his father’s brutal assassination and do not care about what happens to his family. We are a cold, cruel people.
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People do you even know who is called a shaheed?
go and study islam before calling anyone a shaheed
liberals ?do u people know everything?
i am a liberal but beg to differ i would like to speak what is right in the light of knowledge unlike loads who are here
a shame
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