The Minister for Issues of minorities in Pakistan, Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic, was killed by an armed commando in an attack in Islamabad. Riddled with 30 shots, Bhatti, 35, had just been confirmed in the following a government reshuffle, despite pressure from Islamic fundamentalist groups.
Taliban leaflets were found on site of the Pakistani Punjab. From an initial reconstruction, Bhatti had just left his house with his car and unescorted by a white car when the shots were fired about thirty rounds. The car of the attackers was immediately removed. The attack took place near the market in a residential neighborhood in Rome.
Bhatti died during transfer to hospital. In recent months he had been threatened with death for having sought to amend the blasphemy laws and to have fought for clemency for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death on charges of insulting Muhammad, during a discussion with colleagues in Punjab.
"I thank God for giving me this opportunity to continue my struggle for the oppressed minorities of Pakistan," he said Bhatti confirmed in the following, Christians and other minorities are citizens of Pakistan and have the same rights as any other citizens because our fathers gave their lives for the country.
" In January, Bhatti was among the first to condemn the murder of the governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer, he finished in the crosshairs of the fundamentalists for having sought to abolish the blasphemy law. Combating extremism - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and his Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani have condemned the assassination of Bhatti, ensuring that "such acts will not back the government in its fight against terrorism and extremism." The state news agency reported App Zardari, who is in Karachi in the south-west of the country, is constantly informed on the progress of investigations, denouncing what he called a "heinous crime." For its part, Gilani, among the first to reach the Al-Shifa hospital where he died a Christian minister, asked that the matter be made a "thorough" investigation, the Prime Minister was chairing a council of ministers in the morning which, in fact , Bhatti was going when it was attacked.
The Minister: "Ready to die," 'interview four months ago the BBC PRAYER AND MONITORING OF THE CHURCH - the killing of the minister Shabbaz Bhatti involved the Vatican. "It shows just how persistent intervention of the Pope about the violence against Christians and against religious freedom in general," said Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
Recalling that Bhatti was the first Catholic to hold such a post, the Jesuit said: "To pray for the victim, the condemnation of the unspeakable acts of violence, the proximity to the Pakistani Christians hate so impressed, he joined the ' appeal because everyone recognizes the urgency of the dramatic defense of religious freedom of Christians and subjected to violence and persecution.
Taliban leaflets were found on site of the Pakistani Punjab. From an initial reconstruction, Bhatti had just left his house with his car and unescorted by a white car when the shots were fired about thirty rounds. The car of the attackers was immediately removed. The attack took place near the market in a residential neighborhood in Rome.
Bhatti died during transfer to hospital. In recent months he had been threatened with death for having sought to amend the blasphemy laws and to have fought for clemency for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death on charges of insulting Muhammad, during a discussion with colleagues in Punjab.
"I thank God for giving me this opportunity to continue my struggle for the oppressed minorities of Pakistan," he said Bhatti confirmed in the following, Christians and other minorities are citizens of Pakistan and have the same rights as any other citizens because our fathers gave their lives for the country.
" In January, Bhatti was among the first to condemn the murder of the governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer, he finished in the crosshairs of the fundamentalists for having sought to abolish the blasphemy law. Combating extremism - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and his Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani have condemned the assassination of Bhatti, ensuring that "such acts will not back the government in its fight against terrorism and extremism." The state news agency reported App Zardari, who is in Karachi in the south-west of the country, is constantly informed on the progress of investigations, denouncing what he called a "heinous crime." For its part, Gilani, among the first to reach the Al-Shifa hospital where he died a Christian minister, asked that the matter be made a "thorough" investigation, the Prime Minister was chairing a council of ministers in the morning which, in fact , Bhatti was going when it was attacked.
The Minister: "Ready to die," 'interview four months ago the BBC PRAYER AND MONITORING OF THE CHURCH - the killing of the minister Shabbaz Bhatti involved the Vatican. "It shows just how persistent intervention of the Pope about the violence against Christians and against religious freedom in general," said Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
Recalling that Bhatti was the first Catholic to hold such a post, the Jesuit said: "To pray for the victim, the condemnation of the unspeakable acts of violence, the proximity to the Pakistani Christians hate so impressed, he joined the ' appeal because everyone recognizes the urgency of the dramatic defense of religious freedom of Christians and subjected to violence and persecution.
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