Pakistan orders probe into 'release' of slain governor Taseer's son

March 10, 2016 18:06

Pakistan ordered a probe into the circumstances surrounding the release of kidnapped son of the slain governor Salman Taseer after reports of a $10 million ransom to militants surfaced.

Interior minister Nisar Ali Khan ordered the probe, saying "the facts are different" after controversy erupted over release of Shahbaz Taseer, 33, who was recovered on Tuesday from Quetta nearly five years after he was kidnapped from Lahore in August, 2011.

Khan was furious over confusion surrounding Shahbaz's release as he was officially informed that Shahbaz's release was secured after a successful intelligence-led operation in Kuchlak area near Quetta.

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