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LAHORE, Pakistan — Gunmen abducted the son of a liberal Pakistani politician who was murdered by an Islamist extremist earlier this year, police said Friday. The victim’s brother said he suspected extremists were behind the kidnapping.
Shahbaz Taseer was taken from his car in the city of Lahore on Friday, said police officer Abdur Razzaq Cheema. Shaheryar Taseer, Shahbaz’s brother, said the family had been receiving threats from militants.
Their father, Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was gunned down by one of his guards in January. The guard confessed and said he carried out the killing because of Taseer’s opposition to laws that carry the death penalty for blaspheming Islam.
