Governor of Punjab and prominent leaders of Pakistan People's Party, which has the relative majority in the country, was shot yesterday morning by his bodyguard in the heart of the capital Islamabad, a residential and commercial area surrounded by cafes and shops. As the agent he admitted, Salmaan Taseer would pay with his life for his stance in favor of grace for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Malik Mumtaz Qadri, his murderess, has confessed to killing the governor of the province of the country's most populous and important because Taseer was among those who had asked for clemency "Sakineh Pakistan." Asia Bibi was in fact addressed to the Governor of Punjab and asked him to work to avoid the death penalty. It had received the promise of a direct appeal to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (for more favorable to close a case that once again puts his country in a bad light). However, at a time of tense political framework of the country, the assassination of a key part of the PPP - the party just the same as for Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani - creates an element of disturbance not unimportant which makes it even more complex negotiations of these hours that are involved the executive in an attempt to involve some opposition parties, after two coalition partners have left the government missed Gilani doing the necessary votes to move forward. Read all about
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