Labour Party Pakistan stoutly condemns the brutal murder of Salman Taseer,
Governor of Punjab killed today by a security guard. We believe that it is not
an act of an individual acting on his own behalf. The guard was acting on the
consistent instigation of the religious fanatics who were wrongly blaming Salman
Taseer for terming blasphemy laws as “black law”. This is an act of a collective
thinking of the fanatics that any ideological opponent must be illuminated
physically.
“The blood of Salman Taseer should not go in vain. Pakistan People’s Party
should abandon all policies to please the religious fanatics. There should be
resolute fight back against the Mullahs who want Pakistan to become another
Taliban control country” Farooq Tariq spokesperson Labour Party Pakistan and
Nisar Shah general secretary LPP said in a joint press statement while reacting
on the news. “All those justifying this brutal murder must be brought to
justice, no alliance what so ever be made with the religious political parties
who are mainly responsible for this murder.” they said in the statement.
Labour Party Pakistan expresses condolences and full sympathies with the family
of Salman Taseer. It proposes that all progressive political trends must unite
against the onslaught of religious fanatics and their political masters. State
must be separated from religion and the murder should not deter the efforts to
make necessary changes in the blasphemy laws.
It is an attempt by the fanatics to silence all opponents. There is no going
back after this brutal killing. Labour Party Pakistan will continue its efforts
to unite all the progressive forces under one banner against the religious
fundamentalists and a political response must be brought forward to counter the
growing influence of the fanatics.
By: Farooq Tariq
Spokesperson Labour Party Pakistan