Kidnapping of Shahbaz Taseer


Shahbaz Taseer is a Pakistani businessman, and the son of the former Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer. In August 2011, following his father's assassination, he was kidnapped by a local intelligence agency in Lahore while he was driving to his office from home. Taseer was held in captivity for around four and a half years and was recovered from Kuchlak, Balochistan on 8 March 2016. Taseer's kidnapping was referred as one of the most high-profile kidnappings in Pakistan by The Guardian. BBC's HARDtalk interviewed Taseer about his days in captivity.