Two suspects detained for role in Taseer killing

Pakistani authorities have detained two suspects for their alleged role in influencing guard Mumtaz Qadri to assassinate Punjab governor Salman Taseer, a media report said on Saturday. One was picked up from Lahore and the other from Rawalpindi, sources close to the investigation told Dawn
News on Friday.

Scrutiny by investigators of the killer’s mobile record led to their arrest, the sources said, adding that a few days before the crime Qadri had met one of them in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.

Taseer was shot dead on Tuesday by Qadri, who was member of the governor's special security squad. He fired nine bullets from close range as the governor was coming out of a coffee shop towards his vehicle in Islamabad.