Shahbaz Taseer receives signed jersey from Man Utd

Jersey is signed by all Manchester United players

Shahbaz Taseer, son of slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, who was freed in March after over four years in militant captivity, received on Saturday a signed jersey from his favourite football club, Manchester United.

Shahbaz, who is a die-hard fan of Man U, tweeted a picture of a signed Man U t-shirt.

https://twitter.com/ShahbazTaseer/status/741571348997283840

In response to a query on twitter what the 'scribbling' on the t-shirt meant, Shahbaz revealed the jersey was signed by all Manchester United Players.

https://twitter.com/ShahbazTaseer/status/741574337954729984

He also thanked all the players for signing the t-shirt in another tweet.

https://twitter.com/ShahbazTaseer/status/741575045772873728

He went on to add the club did not send him the jersey out of the blue; in fact ,it was his sister-in-law who told them about him.

https://twitter.com/ShahbazTaseer/status/741599464201293824

On a lighter note, when someone told him that they would kill for such a priceless possession, Shahbaz jokingly told him that no need to kill, he knows few Uzbaks who could help.

https://twitter.com/ShahbazTaseer/status/741608675043856385

After his release, Shahbaz described how he survived four-and-a-half years in captivity, revealing how listening to soccer games was his only contact with the outside world.

How I survived four and a half years in captivity

"One of my guards, like myself, was a Manchester United fan, and every other week he would sneak a radio into my cell and we would listen to soccer games," he wrote in The New York TImes. For him, this was an illicit pleasure. He believed that playing or even listening to soccer was considered a sin by his captors. "For me, it was a window to the outside world. Getting soccer news kept me sane. 'You must surely be the only United fan in this position,' I would tell myself. They are playing and winning for you.”