Shehrbano Taseer, the daughter of murdered Pakistan's Punjab
governor Salman Taseer, says she is determined to continue his campaign
against the misuse of Pakistan's blasphemy law. I recently spoke to her
for RFE/RL. Here is the full interview. Is your family satisfied with judiciary/court procedures that are taking place in the case of your father's killing?
We are confident that Qadri [Mumtaz Qadri, who is accused of killing
Salman Taseer] will be punished for what he did. The state has
intentionally kept the case out of the media, and we would respect
everyone's compliance with this.
Shehrbano Taseer, the daughter of murdered Pakistan’s Punjab governor Salman Taseer, says she is determined to continue his campaign against the misuse of Pakistan's blasphemy law. I recently spoke to her for RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal and here is the full interview.
Is your family satisfied with judiciary/court procedures that are taking place in the case of your father’s killing?
We are confident that Qadri [Mumtaz Qadri who killed Salman Taseer] will be punished for what he did. The state has intentionally kept the case out of the media, and we would respect everyone's compliance with this.
How do you cope with the loss of your father? Especially you live in the same country and to be more specific in the same province where the killer and his supporters celebrated the murder!
We try to take it one day at a time. For everyone else it was the Governor of Punjab and their leader and hero, but for me it was my father. It has been very difficult.
It was sickening to watch the lawyers garland Qadri because these men are supposed to be the vanguards of justice in Pakistan and it makes one wonder just how independent our judiciary really is.
Is your family satisfied with judiciary/court procedures that are taking place in the case of your father's killing?
