Fourteen years after his assassination, Salmaan Taseer’s legacy remains a powerful reminder of what one person can achieve through determination, vision, and unwavering principle. As we reflect on his life, what stands out most is not just his courage in the face of death threats but the remarkable journey of a man who built everything […]
Salmaan Taseer
Fifteen Years After Salmaan Taseer’s Assassination
On January 4, 2011, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was assassinated in broad daylight by one of his own elite police guards –an act that laid bare a “vein of deep-rooted extremism” running through Pakistan’s society. The killer, Mumtaz Qadri, emptied two magazines into the outspoken governor, later calmly confessing that he did it because Taseer […]
Remembering Salmaan Taseer: Fifteen Years On
January 4 marks 15 years since my father, Salmaan Taseer, was taken from us — not only from his family, but from a nation still grappling with the questions he dared to ask and the values he refused to abandon. Time has a way of softening grief, but it does not dilute memory. For those […]
Remembering Salmaan Taseer Shaheed
Today marks the 77th birthday of Salmaan Taseer Shaheed, the founder of Daily Times. He was a brave man who never shied away from raising his voice […]
Amnesty International to pay tribute to Shaheed Salmaan Taseer
FRANKFURT: The human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) to pay tribute to Shaheed Salmaan Taseer as well as journalists and rights activists who lost their lives for humanity from across the globe during the world’s biggest book fair in Germany. The renowned human rights organisation has setup a bus-stall at the book fair carrying the pictures […]