Islamabad , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- The son of slain Gov . Salman Taseer was kidnapped Friday afternoon in a wealthy neighborhood in the city of Lahore , police said . Shahbaz Taseer was abducted from his car as he was on the way to his office , senior police official Abdul Razaq Cheema told reporters . Lahore police chief Ahmad Raza Tahir , appearing on Pakistani television , told reporters that a squad of 16 security personnel had been provided to Taseer for protection , as he had earlier reported receiving a series of anonymous threats . However , a provincial minister told reporters that the security detail was not with Taseer during the kidnapping . He said four armed men abducted Taseer in the Gulberg neighborhood , blocking his car with a motorcycle and a four-wheel drive vehicle . Taseer ran several family businesses after the death of his father . Salman Taseer was a renowned businessman and governor of Punjab province who was assassinated by one of his own security guards earlier this year . Police say bodyguard Mumtaz Qadri confessed to gunning down Taseer because of the governor was critical of the country 's blasphemy law . The controversial legislation has been criticized by some as being used to entrap minorities .
Shahbaz Taseer was abducted as he traveled to his office in Lahore , police say . He is the son of assassinated Punjab governor Salman Taseer . Police say the governor was accompanied by a bodyguard because he violated blasphemy laws .