Bhatti Assassinated

• Indian Christian Federation condemns Bhatti's assassination

  The Indian Christian Federation today condemned the assassination of Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti. "When there was no safety for the Minister who was voicing concern for minority welfare, one can imagine the plight of minorities in that country," the Federation said in a statement here.The Federation also expressed concern ov...

• Pakistan minister predicted his assassination

  Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, gunned down by militants today for calling for changes in Pakistan's blasphemy law, had often spoken about threats to his life from the Taliban and extremist elements in recent weeks.Bhatti, the only member of the federal cabinet from the minority Christian community, first received threats when he spoke in...

• International media on Bhatti assassination

  Gunmen shot and killed the Christian Pakistani government minister for religious minorities on Wednesday, the latest attack on a high-profile figure threatened by Muslim militants for urging reform of harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam. The killing of Shahbaz Bhatti further undermines Pakistan's shaky image as a ...

• Pakistani minister assassinated in Islamabad

  The only Christian minister in the Pakistan government was shot dead by assailants as he left his home in the capital Wednesday morning to attend a cabinet meeting, an attack strikingly similar to the killing two months ago of another senior politician holding liberal views. Shahbaz Bhatti, the minister of minorities, was shot eight times by gunmen...