The BBC's Aleem Maqbool: "Police say it was one of his own security force that shot him"
The influential governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, Salman Taseer, has died after being shot by one of his bodyguards in the capital, Islamabad.
Mr Taseer, a senior member of the Pakistan People's Party, was shot when getting into his car at a market.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the guard had told police that he killed Mr Taseer because of the governor's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy law.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has declared three days of mourning.
He also appealed for calm and ordered an immediate inquiry.
It is the most high profile assassination in Pakistan since the killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the PPP's leader, three years ago.
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