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Pakistani survivor of militant torture determined to live without fear

By Deva LEE Tortured and imprisoned by Islamist militants for nearly five years, Shahbaz Taseer says he forgot how it felt to smile. Now, he is determined to live without fear. The scion of a prominent business and political family, his abduction in August 2011 was one of Pakistan’s most high-profile. “I remember how alien that feeling was –- of smiling,” Taseer, 39, told AFP in an interview. “I didn’t laugh for a very long […]