Forty-six-year-old Taseer was getting into his car at Kohsar Market in Islamabad’s posh Sector F6/3 area when the guard from the Elite Force of Punjab Police shot him with an automatic weapon at a close range, officials said.
The Governor was rushed to the Polyclinic Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, his spokesman Farrukh Shah said.
Officials said Mr. Taseer was hit by at least nine bullets and sustained severe injuries to the neck and chest.
Doctors made an unsuccessful attempt to revive him before declaring him dead.
Police arrested the guard, who shot Mr. Taseer and took him to an undisclosed location.his name is malik mumtaz qadri and has been living in barah koh.Islamabad.he killed the governor due to his behavior on the issue of namoose rasalat as reported by the pakistani media .
six other persons were also detained by police at the market.