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Salmaan Taseer
Salman Taseer was a Pakistani businessman and politician, who served as the 34th Governor of Punjab from May 2008 until his assassination in January 2011.
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Born 31 May 1944 · Died 4 January 2011 · Q314774
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2026· 4 entries
Daily Times: Former PA to late Salmaan Taseer booked in high-profile fraud case
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rediff.com: Remembering Salman Taseer
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Public attention spiked: 3,214 Wikipedia readers in one day, 21.4× the usual 150, with 0 article edits.
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2020· 1 entry
National Catholic Reporter: Salmaan Taseer
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2017· 1 entry
Asia News: Salman Taseer’s son risks prosecution for blasphemy
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2012· 1 entry
Global Voices Online: Pakistan: One Year After Salmaan Taseer’s Murder
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2011· 4 entries
Global Voices Online: Pakistan: Salmaan Taseer- We Buried A Man Not His Courage
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Time: Taseer Murder Reveals Depth of Pakistan's Extremist Drift
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Died 2011-01-04.
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Before being released in 2016, a few months after Taseer's murderer was hanged
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (2008–2011).
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2007· 1 entry
Was appointed the interim Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives
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2001· 1 entry
Taseer founded Media Times which operated an English news channel in Pakistan, Business Plus; a children's channel, Wikkid Plus; a cooking channel, Zaiqa; and published an English-language newspaper Daily Times and an Ur
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1996· 1 entry
Taseer founded the Worldcall group with a payphone network
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1995· 1 entry
Established the First Capital Securities Corporation (FCSC), a full-service brokerage house with equity participation by Smith Barney, Inc
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1994· 1 entry
Taseer established a brokerage house backed by the Smith Barney and in 1996 he founded the Worldcall Group
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1980· 1 entry
Taseer met Singh during a book promotion trip to India in March 1980.
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1950· 1 entry
At the age of 47, when Taseer was only six years old
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-05-31.
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