A Courageous Stand

Awais Masood On 4 Jan­u­ary 2010, a fanat­ic elite force guard betrayed the very duty he was entrust­ed with and shot Gov­er­nor Salmaan Taseer in broad day­light in the country’s cap­i­tal city. As his fel­low guards looked on, the mur­der­er emp­tied twen­­ty-six bul­lets into the governor’s back. The mad fren­zy that ensued was a hor­ri­fy­ing […]