Shahbaz Taseer 'deeply touched' by public's support

Earlier this week, the former captive began responding to inquisitive questions about his experience on Twitter

Shahbaz Taseer, son of slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, who was recently freed after over four years in captivity, has said that he is "deeply touched" by the Pakistani public's support.

In his first comments to the media since his release, he told BBC Urdu: "A lot of people prayed for my safe return and it's wonderful to now be able to interact with them. I'm deeply touched."

Shahbaz was freed last month, when he was found in Kulchuk in Balochistan and resued.



Since then, the former captive and his spouse have taken to Twitter to answer questions about his ordeal.

His wife, Maheen Taseer, said: "I had been dreaming of meeting Shahbaz for so many years ... and it just felt so unbelievable. Then all these people joined us in that joy, it was just amazing."

"I felt like we could be ourselves again... I felt alive again. People were rejoicing with us, it felt really good."



Earlier this week, Shahbaz began responding to inquisitive Pakistanis' questions about his experience on Twitter with the hashtag #AskST.

Maheen said that the question-and-answer session on social media "actually happened really randomly."

"It still feels surreal. I hadn't been able to say anything for a long time because I was told not to say this or that... and it felt liberating to be able to talk about it."