ISLAMABAD: The governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer was shot dead here on Tuesday, state television reported.

PTV ran a ticker announcement across the screen, quoting Governor Salman Taseer's spokesman Ishtiaq Amin as saying he was dead.

Police said earlier Taseer had been shot and dead wounded near his Islamabad home in the leafy F6 sector and close to Kohsar market, a popular shopping and cafe spot.