A prominent Pakistani governor has been assassinated in the capital of Islamabad. Salmaan Taseer was reportedly shot dead earlier today by a member of his own security detail. Taseer was the governor of Punjab, which is widely considered the most politically important province of Pakistan. Taseer recently became embroiled in controversy after he spoke out against the country’s Islamic blasphemy law. In November, a Pakistani Christian woman was sentenced to death after being found guilty of defaming the Prophet Muhammad. In one of his last posts on Twitter, Taseer wrote, “I was under huge pressure to cow down before rightest pressure on blasphemy. Refused. Even if I’m the last man standing.”