The governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, has died after being shot in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
Mr Taseer, a senior member of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party, was shot near a market popular with wealthy Pakistanis.
He was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries.
Police say he was shot by a member of his own security detail as he got out of a car.
The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool, in Islamabad, says Mr Taseer was one of Pakistan’s most important political figures and his death will further add to political instability in the country.
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