What is Salmaan Taseer?
[[File:Salmaan Taseer October 29, 2009 Lahore.jpg|thumb|Salmaan Taseer in 2009]] '''Salmaan Taseer''' (31 May 1944 — 4 January 2011) was the [[Governor]] of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/833639.Salmaan_Taseer|title=Salmaan Taseer (Author of Bhutto)|first= |last= |work=goodreads.com|year=2011|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> He was shot dead in 2011 in [[Islamabad]] by his official security guard, Malik Muhammad Mumtaz Qadri, a member of the Pakistan military's Elite Force.<ref name=news>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=3138&Cat=13 |title=Religio-political parties assisted Taseer's killing |first=Shakeel |last=Anjum |work=thenews.com.pk |date=6 January 2011 |accessdate=16 July 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is believed he was killed because his ideas were not acceptable to various religious groups in Pakistan.<ref name=news/> Taseer had not supported the Pakistan's blasphemy laws which make an insult against Islam punishable by death.<ref name= gmg>{{cite news |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/14/salmaan-taseer-guard-pleads-guilty |title=Salmaan Taseer's bodyguard pleads guilty to murder |first= |last= |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 February 2011 |publisher=[[Guardian Media Group|GMG]] |location=[[London, England|London]] |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878 |accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> The murderer, Qadri, said he had to kill Taseer because of this, as it was his duty under Islamic law.<ref name=gmg/> He said the killing was not illegal. Thousands of people have demonstrated in support of Qadri.<ref name=gmg/> Taseer was born in [[Simla]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]. He studied [[accountancy]] in [[London]] and later joined [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]]'s [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] in 1967.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.forumpakistan.com/salman-taseer-biography-t66981.html |title=Salman Taseer Biography |f