Pakistan's minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti assassinated

[KALKI]

And BTW Asim, which educated Pakistanis are you appealing to? The ones who shower rose petals on Qadri or the ones who enjoy the conforts of a life outside their native country, the kind of Pakistanis that floods this forum.

Of course there is a third variety of Pakistanis, the saner, educated, liberal Pakistanis whom I wished to befriend when I joined this forum but it appears that they are sadly outnumbered.

 

[Bang Galore]

Listen kid I dont have time to cater to bigots like you so my advise to you is that you go back and read the post that you had made where you had posted some garbage from br and what it had said. And then come here and run you mouth. Till then take a chill pill and shut up. Because your fake sympathies and sarcasm is there for all to see.

So india today found Tehrik-e-Taliban Punjab pamphlets at the site which geo couldnt who have been on the scene all day long and so far have said regularly that no one has claimed responsibility.

No need to be so judgmental. India Today is a well respected source. Since you seem allergic to Indian sources, here's a non-Indian one saying the same thing.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but private Pakistani TV channels showed pamphlets at the scene of the killing that were attributed to the Pakistani Taliban warning of the same fate for anyone opposing the blasphemy laws
Pakistan's only Christian minister assassinated over blasphemy row - Telegraph - posted by Spark

 

[shree835]

Pakistan is full of Ghazi...Pakistan should be be renamed as Ghazistan.

Mumtaz Qadri ...King of Ghazi...

And Pakistan is blaming other for terrorism... There is enough resource Inside Ghazistan for all.

 

[Andross]

Bring back Musharraf sab is all i can say he is the last hope to save Jinnah's Pakistan

 

[Aslan]

The "Some garbage from BR" is what is been reported by the very prestigious India today. I know it would be embarassing enough for you to accept the fact that things are been reported first in Indian media and Indian forums. So what If India today reported before your beloved GeoTV? How is it embarrasing enough for you to debunk it as garbage??

At least be civilised when you reply here.

If you want a civilized reply then be civilized in your posts and stop taking digs at every opportunity that you get.

This is what you had posted from br, a place know for their stupidity.

He was traveling in a bullet proof car. The car was stopped, he was pulled out and shot. And the assailants had time to scatter fatwas, TTP literature and then saunter over to their getaway car and drive off.

Now you are saying that not only did they shoot him but went and pulled the guy out of the car then gave a speech and then left.

You india today claimed that they took him out of the car and shot him and let leaflets there.

An outlet that would still be taking their news from some source in Pakistan. And Geo who is present on the ground failed to pick one leaflet. Give me a break!

 

[Andross]

Pakistan's Minorities Minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, has died after gunmen opened fire on his car in the capital, Islamabad, hospital officials say.

He was travelling to work through a residential district when his vehicle was sprayed with bullets, police said.

Mr Bhatti, a Christian, had received death threats after calling for changes to the controversial blasphemy law.

In January, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, who had also opposed the law, was shot dead by one of his bodyguards.

The blasphemy law carries a death sentence for anyone who insults Islam. Critics say it has been used to persecute minority faiths.

'Concerted campaign'

Mr Bhatti, 42, a leader of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP), had just left his home in the capital when at least two gunmen ambushed his car, police official Mohammad Iqbal said.
He was rushed to the nearby Shifa hospital, but was dead on arrival, Dr Azmatullah Qureshi told the AFP news agency.

The gunmen escaped in a car after the attack, witnesses said.
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Television footage showed Mr Bhatti's vehicle riddled with bullet holes. Reports said it did not have a security escort.

No group has said it was behind the attack, but leaflets issued by Tehrik-i-Taliban Punjab, a branch of the Taliban in Pakistan's most populous province, were found at the ambush site, according to the private TV channel Express 24/7.
Security has been stepped up on all main roads in Islamabad.

In January, Mr Bhatti told the BBC he would defy death threats he had received from Islamist militants for his efforts to reform the blasphemy law.

"I was told that if I was to continue the campaign against the blasphemy law, I will be assassinated. I will be beheaded. But forces of violence, forces of extremism cannot harass me, cannot threaten me," he said.

A government spokesman condemned the assassination.

"This is concerted campaign to slaughter every liberal, progressive and humanist voice in Pakistan," Farahnaz Ispahani, an aide to President Asif Ali Zardari, told the Associated Press.

"The time has come for the federal government and provincial governments to speak out and to take a strong stand against these murderers to save the very essence of Pakistan."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12617562

 

[Agnostic_Indian]

the car was not bullet proof..there was holes everywhere in it.

 

[BoseDK]

If you want a civilized reply then be civilized in your posts and stop taking digs at every opportunity that you get.

This is what you had posted from br, a place know for their stupidity. {Is there any way you can debunk the claim, if not then lay off}

He was traveling in a bullet proof car. The car was stopped, he was pulled out and shot. And the assailants had time to scatter fatwas, TTP literature and then saunter over to their getaway car and drive off.

Now you are saying that not only did they shoot him but went and pulled the guy out of the car then gave a speech and then left.

You india today claimed that they took him out of the car and shot him and let leaflets there.

An outlet that would still be taking their news from some source in Pakistan. And Geo who is present on the ground failed to pick one leaflet. {lack of professionalism I guess} Give me a break!

I can understand, your arrogant behavior can be attributed to your profound love for GeoTV and your more profound hatred for Indian forums.

 

[ares]

If you want a civilized reply then be civilized in your posts and stop taking digs at every opportunity that you get.

This is what you had posted from br, a place know for their stupidity.

He was traveling in a bullet proof car. The car was stopped, he was pulled out and shot. And the assailants had time to scatter fatwas, TTP literature and then saunter over to their getaway car and drive off.

Now you are saying that not only did they shoot him but went and pulled the guy out of the car then gave a speech and then left.

You india today claimed that they took him out of the car and shot him and let leaflets there.

An outlet that would still be taking their news from some source in Pakistan. And Geo who is present on the ground failed to pick one leaflet. Give me a break!

Minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti assassinated | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

ISLAMABAD: Gunmen shot and killed Pakistan’s government minister for religious minorities on Wednesday, the latest attack on a high-profile Pakistani figure who had urged reforming harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam.

Shahbaz Bhatti was on his way to work in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, when unknown gunmen riddled his car with bullets, police officer Mohmmad Iqbal said. The minister arrived dead at Shifa Hospital and his driver was also wounded badly, hospital spokesman Asmatullah Qureshi said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but private Pakistani TV channels showed pamphlets at the scene of the killing that were attributed to the Pakistani Taliban warning of the same fate for anyone opposing the blasphemy laws.

Gulam Rahim was coming from a nearby market when he saw Bhatti’s car drive out of his house. Three men standing nearby with guns suddenly began firing at the vehicle, a dark-colored Toyota.

Two of the men opened the door and tried to pull Bhatti out, Rahim said, while a third man fired his Kalashnikov rifle repeatedly into the car. The three gunmen then sped away in a white Suzuki Mehran car, said Rahim who took shelter behind a tree.

Pakistani TV channels showed Bhatti’s vehicle afterward, its windows shattered with bullet holes all over. It was not immediately clear why Bhatti, a member of the ruling Pakistani People’s Party, did not have bodyguards with him.

Pakistani government leaders condemned the attack.

“This is concerted campaign to slaughter every liberal, progressive and humanist voice in Pakistan,” said Farahnaz Ispahani, an aide to President Asif Ali Zardari. “The time has come for the federal government and provincial governments to speak out and to take a strong stand against these murderers to save the very essence of Pakistan.”

Bhatti’s friend Robinson Asghar said the slain minister had received threats following the death of the Punjab governor. Asghar said he had asked Bhatti to leave Pakistan for a while because of the threats, but that Bhatti had refused.

Pakistan’s information minister, Firdous Ashiq Awan, said Bhatti had played a key role in promoting interfaith harmony, and he was a great asset.

“We are sad over his tragic death,” she said, adding that the government would investigate why he did not have a security escort.

 

[SpArK]

Bhatti had earlier requested extra security after he received threats and shots were fired at his house in Islamabad by unknown assailants.

Durrani insisted that Bhatti had been provided with proper security, but said the minister was not accompanied by his security detail when the attack happened.

Pakistan minorities minister killed - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English

No group immediately claimed the attack, but private Pakistani TV channels showed pamphlets at the scene of the killing that were attributed to the Pakistani Taliban warning of the same fate for anyone opposing the blasphemy laws.
One report said the pamphlet has been signed by a group named 'Fidayeen e Muhammad' and 'al-Qaida in Punjab', strongly suggesting a link between the killing and the blasphemy controversy.

Read more: Pakistan Christian minister who campaigned for free speech shot dead 'by Taliban gunmen' | Mail Online

The Associated Press: Gunmen kill Pakistan religious minorities minister

 

[Aslan]

I can understand, your arrogant behavior can be attributed to your profound love for GeoTV and your more profound hatred for Indian forums.

Thank you for your understanding as I am not found of garbage news channels not papers and neither forums.

 

[Andross]

Yep it was bullet ridden so cant be bullet proof can it?

 

[Agnostic_Indian]

there was no security personal around him..officers told that the minister did not want security while he is around home.

 

[SpArK]

 

[muse]

Well, how do you think the Jamaatis and the Ulema of this or that might respond? So far it's all one way traffic, but I don't think it will change - it's heartbreaking but, well, what c an I tell you