Salman Taseer fought to repeal blasphemy laws, was major PPP force
(NEWSER) - Yesterday’s assassination of Salman Taseer could deepen Pakistan’s political crisis, and seriously weaken the government’s ability to oppose Islamic extremists. Taseer, the governor of Punjab Province, was maybe the country’s most prominent opponent of religious parties and extremism, and a major ally of the embattled secular Pakistan Peoples Party, the New York Times explains. He was campaigning to repeal Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which proscribe a sentence of death for anyone insulting Islam. More»
