--- description: Shahbaz Taseer was kidnapped in 2011, months after his father's murder title: Kidnapped Son of Slain Pakistan Governor Found Alive image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt052f8eb5d2f63714/69888a3e428a9e6ea7cd1b66/514303320.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pakistan](/tag/pakistan/) ## Pakistan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kidnapped Son of a Murdered Pakistani Governor Found Alive After Four Years by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 9, 2016 7:19 AM CUT  This photograph taken on January 5, 2011, shows Shahbaz Taseer, son of assassinated governor of Pakistan's Punjab province Salman Taseer, speaking with media during his father's funeral in Lahore. This photograph taken on January 5, 2011, shows Shahbaz Taseer, son of assassinated governor of Pakistan's Punjab province Salman Taseer, speaking with media during his father's funeral in Lahore.AHMED RIAZ—AFP/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 9, 2016 7:19 AM CUT The son of late Pakistani provincial governor Salman Taseer, abducted in 2011 soon after his father’s assassination, was [found alive](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35757074 "undefined") on Tuesday. Shahbaz Taseer was rescued by special forces during a raid at a compound outside the western city of Quetta, the BBC reported. According to counter-terrorist police, who said they received a tip-off, Taseer was the only person at the compound. He was kidnapped by gunmen in his hometown of Lahore in August 2011, a few months after his father was gunned down by one of his bodyguards in broad daylight. The assassin, Mumtaz Qadri, who murdered the elder Taseer for his vocal opposition to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, was [hanged](http://time.com/4240672/pakistan-mumtaz-qadri-salman-taseer-hanging-blasphemy-governor/ "undefined") last week in the city of Rawalpindi. His execution sparked [protests](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35689191 "undefined") among several Islamist groups that consider Qadri a hero for killing the governor, with thousands taking to the streets across the country. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35757074 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4252115/shahbaz-taseer-salman-quetta-found-kidnapped/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4252115/shahbaz-taseer-salman-quetta-found-kidnapped/"},"headline":"Kidnapped Son of a Murdered Pakistani Governor Found Alive After Four Years","datePublished":"2016-03-09T07:19:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:44:06.150Z","description":"He was rescued in the western city of Quetta after a tipoff","url":"https://time.com/4252115/shahbaz-taseer-salman-quetta-found-kidnapped/","keywords":["Pakistan","governor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt052f8eb5d2f63714/69888a3e428a9e6ea7cd1b66/514303320.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt052f8eb5d2f63714/69888a3e428a9e6ea7cd1b66/514303320.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"PAKISTAN-UNREST-KIDNAPPING","caption":"PAKISTAN-UNREST-KIDNAPPING","creditText":"AHMED RIAZ—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pakistan/","name":"Pakistan"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4252115/shahbaz-taseer-salman-quetta-found-kidnapped/","name":"Kidnapped Son of a Murdered Pakistani Governor Found Alive After Four Years"}}]}] ```