 Italy, France, and Spain all offered to grant her and her family asylum in the event of her release.On 4 January 2011, at Kohsar Market of Islamabad, governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer was assassinated by Malik Mumtaz Hussein Qadri, a 26-year-old member of his security team, because of his defence of Noreen and opposition to the blasphemy law.Mumtaz Qadri was sentenced to death for the assassination and hanged on 29 February 2016.