Manchester United invite Shahbaz Taseer: ‘My dream has come true’

Shehbaz Taseer, the son of former Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, who was in the custody of militants for five years, is going to fulfill the dream he had in prison after his abduction.

Shahbaz Taseer has said that he is a big fan of Manchester United and has been invited by the club he dreamed of 12 years ago.

Shahbaz Taseer said in his post on X, ‘I had been in prison for a year and a half when a guard brought a radio so we could listen to live football matches. I heard my team win a record 20th Premier League title and heard the news that manager Sir Alex Ferguson had retired.

‘I think there will be few moments in my life where I have cried, but this time I cried because God found a way to honor me where I was put to torture.’

“I remember saying to the guard ‘I’m going home and I’m going to be invited to Old Trafford,'” he wrote, recalling further memories from the past.

‘At which he laughed and said, ‘An impossible dream.’

Shahbaz Taseer said in his post that ‘Today, five days to the completion of 12 years of my abduction, I have been invited to the theater of dreams by Manchester United to live out my impossible dream.’

The August 2011 kidnapping of Shehbaz Taseer, a prominent business and political family member, was one of Pakistan’s most high-profile kidnappings.

After this emotional tweet, users congratulated Shehbaz Taseer while many users described it as a good feeling in these circumstances.

Maryam Khan wrote that ‘amongst all the sad things happening around us, it was a pleasant feeling to read about dreams coming true.’

Nida Ali said that ‘your story is an example for this new era of how God takes you out of difficulties and makes you shine brighter’.

While Osama Mustafa advised him that ‘if you still have contact with this guard, call him and tell him.’

Anum Taseef offered prayers to Shahbaz Taseer and said, ‘May you continue to see all your dreams come true and may all your prayers come true because you deserve it.’

Shehbaz Taseer was abducted from near his home in Lahore in 2011 when the then Governor of Punjab and his father Salman Taseer were shot dead by one of his bodyguards a few months earlier.

According to Shahbaz Taseer’s interview with the BBC, he was imprisoned by militants from Uzbekistan and then by the Afghan Taliban. 2016 was executed.