Shahbaz Bhatti

• Pakistani police arrest woman who claimed to be a prophet

  Pakistani police have arrested a woman on blasphemy charges after she allegedly called herself a prophet of Islam, police said.

• Pakistan's 'blasphemy' girl moves to Canada

  A Pakistani Christian girl who was arrested for alleged blasphemy last year and forced into hiding for fear of her life has moved to Canada, an activist said today.

• Had to arrest 11-year-old for her own safety, says Pak police

  Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country's strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbours surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said on Monday.

• 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...

• Shahbaz Bhatti could have been saved, says brother

  Without blaming the Pakistani government, Toronto-based Peter Bhatti, brother of slain Pakistan federal minister for minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, Thursday said extra security for his brother could have saved his life.Bhatti, who was also the founder-chairman of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, was gunned down by the Pakistan Taliban Tuesday for ...

• UN calls for moratorium on use of Pak's blasphemy law

  UN has appealed to Pakistan to put a moratorium on the use of controversial blasphemy law as it condemned the killing of the nation's only Christian cabinet minister Shahbaz Bhatti, saying extremism is "poisoning" the society there.Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Bhatti, a vocal critic of blasphemy law, was shot dead yesterday by Taliban milit...

• 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...

• Vatican says Pakistan minister killing 'unspeakable'

  The Vatican today condemned as "unspeakable" the murder of a Catholic Pakistani government minister opposed to an Islamic blasphemy law, and called for an end to persecution of Christians.The attack was a "new act of violence of a terrible gravity," said papal spokesman Federico Lombardi after minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti was shot dead in bro...

• 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...