RIP. What a sad day for Pakistan. Another sad day. Reminds me of so many sad days. Violence. Killings. Threats.
I did not realize that the Blasphemy issue has really riled up the Mullahs that much. But then, if the Urdu article above by a certain 'Professor' is to go by, there have been plenty of people, even the so-called 'educated' ones, who at least suggest violence. Read between the lines of the Urdu article. Perhaps translate it so that entire world knows the cancerous elements inside Pakistan are not limited to some tribal-backwaters. But is to be found in the heartland itself.
I don't know much about Taseer. The little I know is that he was a fierce PPP Jiala who was literally tortured by the Sharif goverments in the 90s. But some time a man can do one thing noble and you stand up and say: 'Whoa! That's courage'. His name was mentioned prominently during the poor lady Asia's Blasphemy case. He was again and again in the news by supporting her. And again and again there were threats against him. I dismissed those threats because, I thought, being the Governer of Punjab, he is well protected.
But no one is ever sufficiently protected in Pakistan if the GHQ itself gets attacked in broad daylight.
Just like Mayor Bloomberg of NYC managed to earned a lot of respect (I used to dislike him) by standing up, against the many emotions, for the building of a Mosque near Ground Zero, so did Salman Taseer by one act of blatant defiance by supporting Ms. Asia.
As to those who still harbors the idea that a Prophet of a billion+ people can be insulted by a peasant girl I say: You are wrong! And you are complicit in not only this murder but also of many others of this kind.