ISLAMABAD: The police guard who gunned down Punjab governor Salman Taseer was assigned 509 times to protect key personalities, including Pakistan's president, prime minister and foreign delegations and has heightened security fears among the country's elite.
Self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, was detailed on protection duties on as many as 509 occasions in the past three years, including for US delegations who are prime targets, according to a media report. He had also been part of the security detail for several politicians, The reports attributed to police investigations have also cast suspicions that other elite bodyguards may have been radicalised.
The media reports said this could be alarming as the police force is part of the frontline in the war against terror groups, specially Taliban and al-Qaida. The report highlights the dangers of radicals infiltrating into the security agencies of unstable and nuclear-armed Pakistan.
Self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, was detailed on protection duties on as many as 509 occasions in the past three years, including for US delegations who are prime targets, according to a media report. He had also been part of the security detail for several politicians, The reports attributed to police investigations have also cast suspicions that other elite bodyguards may have been radicalised.
The media reports said this could be alarming as the police force is part of the frontline in the war against terror groups, specially Taliban and al-Qaida. The report highlights the dangers of radicals infiltrating into the security agencies of unstable and nuclear-armed Pakistan.
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