The son of a Pakistani governor who was killed by his bodyguard earlier this year was kidnapped in the eastern city of Lahore earlier today. Four men on motorbikes intercepted Shahbaz Taseer in his car and took him to a nearby street before kidnapping him. Shahbaz’s father, former governor Salman Taseer of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, was killed in January after he came out in support of a woman accused of committing blasphemy. Earlier this year, Democracy Now! spoke with Shehrbano Taseer, the daughter of the slain governor.

Amy Goodman: “Are you afraid? Are you afraid about speaking out, for your own life, for your family’s life?”

Sherbano Taseer: “Well, I mean, we’ve certainly seen what — I mean, Pakistan calls itself a democracy, but you’ve seen just what speaking out or thinking or believing in something can do. So, I mean, especially on the topics that I am talking about, it makes a lot of people uncomfortable, so I think that there is a very real security threat. But I also feel very strongly, and especially after my father’s death, that you shouldn’t let fear get in the way of what needs to be done and what needs to be said, and it shouldn’t hinder your progress.”