Shahbaz Taseer is a Pakistani businessman, and the son of the former Governor of Punjab (Pakistan) Salman Taseer. In August 2011, following his father's assassination,^[1] he was kidnapped by militants in Lahore while he was driving to his office from home. Taseer was held in captivity for around four and a half years and was recovered from Kuchlak, Balochistan on 8 March 2016.^[2] Taseer's kidnapping was referred as one of the most high-profile kidnappings in Pakistan by The Guardian.^[3] BBC's HARDtalk interviewed Taseer about his days in captivity.^[4] In an interview, he mentioned that he was held by Uzbek militants, before eventually being passed to the Taliban.^[5]

During an interview, Shahbaz Taseer said: "I was ambushed by about five men... My first instinct was they were going to kill me. They drugged me five minutes after abducting me. I passed out - they had beaten me up very badly because I was moving and screaming while being drugged."^[6] He further mentioned that the militants used to beat him badly and his fingernails were pulled out. The militants also sewed his mouth shut and kept him starving for days.^[7]

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