Thousands gathered under tight security on Wednesday to pay silent homage at the funeral of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer who was shot dead by a bodyguard.
Taseer, 66, was a senior member of the ruling party regarded as an outspoken moderate in a country increasingly beset by zealotry.
His assassination on Tuesday added to the turmoil in nuclear-armed Pakistan, where the government is on the verge of collapse and Islamic militancy is on the rise.
Text: AP
Image: Pakistani rescue workers and mourners bury the coffin of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in a cemetery in Lahore on Wednesday, Jan 5, 2011. (Photographs copyright AP)
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