Shahbaz Taseer abduction: Family denies receiving ransom demand
Taseer’s aunt Ayesha Tammy Haq told The Express Tribune that news surfacing in the media about a ransom demand from the abductors is “absolutely baseless”. She said the family has not received a call from the abductors, adding that false reports such as these were only bound to hamper the investigation process.
A police investigator confirmed that the abductors have not made contact with the family as yet. However, he added that the police still believed that the abduction was for ransom. He said that the police are investigating the matter, but have no lead into the case as yet.
Due to overlapping fingerprints, NADRA records were unable to produce a match, he said, adding they were only able to get a match for one person who turned out to be the Taseer family’s servant, Mushtaq.
Similarly, no fingerprints were recovered from the 222 gun that the authorities found near Pak Plaza. The investigator said that records of Tracker companies have been handed over to the police and while all the data was being analysed, no major breakthrough in the case has been made thus far.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2011.
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What does Salman Arshad mean by saying they took a "panga" with Qadri? Does he mean that they took a panga with illiteracy and bigotry? Shouldnt every thinking human being do that? So now we cannot question the misconceptions of the lowest common denominators in our society? Just because a bigot confuses a man made law with a divine law and enforces his thinking at the point of a gun to the jubilation of a bunch of othe bigots that makes him right? Our problem is that we are hypocrites too frightened to even condemn an act of vicious murder and now intimidation. Bravo Salman Arshad - you are a true to form Pakistani. Good on you for siding with the might is right brigade. Lets hope that gets you a few brownie points from some would be aggressors - lets hope that when they finally come knocking on the door for you - you are not the last man standing to speak out for truth and justice.
What were they thinking when they took panga with Qadri !
More than half of the judiciary and the lawyers, almost all of the political religious parties, almost all of the security establishment, and exactly all of the political or militant or academic religious groups, are on Qadri's side.
While only a few liberal old ladies are on Taseers' side.
I feel the pain of the Taseers!
At the same time I feel for the thousands of missing Pakistanis whose fathers never made it to the Governor's House, whose name no one even knows beyond their own grieving families and friends.
I don't think there case is any less sad or less frustrating than that of Shahbaz. Here's wishing they all come back to their families and loved ones, safe and sound.
@farah: You are absolutely right....
bring qadri to court and then they will resurface.kidnappers are just buying time
I hope he comes back safe and sound but please remember that the Taseer's are not Gods so lets not make them out to be so.
My heart cries for this family.