ISLAMABAD: The Minorities Alliance Pakistan (MAP) on Thursday observed a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the late federal minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated 12 years ago in I-8 sector.
The participants of the vigil condemned the militant attacks which had started again across the country and said the nation would never allow terrorists to hijack Pakistan for their evil interests.
Clement Shahbaz Bhatti was elected as member of the National Assembly in and remained the federal minister for minorities affairs from November until his assassination on March 2,
Shamaun Alfred Gill, while addressing the gathering, said they all had gathered to remember Shahbaz Bhatti and pay tributes to his tireless struggle and sacrifice for the oppressed and marginalised communities of Pakistan.
“Bhatti devoted his life for promoting social and interfaith harmony among different sects of religions in Pakistan. His sacrifice will never go in vain, Mr Gill said.
He further said that Shahbaz Bhatti presented the enlightened face of Pakistan to the world.
He dedicated his entire life to the rights of the oppressed and deprived people and gave his life while fighting against divi
A martyr of faith, consistent to the end, who showed how one can be a saint even in politics. He was Shahbaz Bhatti, minister for minorities and a fervent promoter of dialogue who dreamed of a united Pakistan in which all minorities could live in harmony.
Thirteen years after his assassination, which occurred on March 2, when he was 42 years old, in Islamabad, the Pakistani Christian Association in Italy organized a meeting held at the Palazzo Giustiniani of the Senate to pay tribute to the man who became a symbol not only for the great Asian country but for politicians around the world and who today is considered venerable by the Church.
The cause of beatification, in fact, was opened five years ago, as recalled by former parliamentarian Luisa Santolini, who was the first to welcome Bhatti in Italy: "A gentle person, a simple man, with a limpid gaze. He was a peacemaker. Whose only goal, he said, was to defend religious freedom and the very life of minorities".
It is no coincidence that some of Bhatti's relics, including his Bible, are now in the Basilica of St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island, the shrine of the new martyrs, beloved of St. John Paul II. And, as the journalist Ma
Murder of Christian lawmaker: Can Pakistan check Islamic extremism?
A leading Pakistani Christian lawmaker who had campaigned for reform of the country’s blasphemy laws was shot dead on Wednesday, adding to concerns the government is unwilling or unable to check Islamic extremism.
Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s minister for minority affairs and the second politician to be targeted for this reason in as many months, was leaving his mother’s house for work when his car was attacked by two gunmen carrying machine guns, according to multiple eyewitnesses. He died while being taken to hospital, having received eight bullet wounds, according to Islamabad Police Chief Wajid Ali Khan.
Pamphlets dropped on the scene by Mr. Bhatti’s killers and signed by the Pakistan Taliban accused him of having “insulted the prophet” and warned “others who try to reform the blasphemy laws will meet the same fate.” In January, Salman Taseer, the former governor of Punjab, was killed under similar circumstances in a posh market area of Islamabad. The failure to prevent such attacks, though both politicians received credible threats beforehand, is indicative of the low priority gi
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)
Shahbaz Bhatti was born on 9th of September, in Lahore, Punjab. He was the son of Jacob Bhatti and a first Christian parliamentarian. He presented and took undertake as Federal Minister of Minorities Affairs in Pakistan. He is a renowned politician, belonged to Pakistan People’s Party. His forerunners had been proposed only a state minister position.
Early life
He was well conscious a representative of the religious minorities in Pakistan in then he joined Pakistani People’s Party (PPP) in as a political leader. Federal Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti was murdered on Wednesday 2nd march, in an assault on his car in Islamabad. Shahbaz Bhatti was unmarried; he had four brothers and one sister.
Career
As a student, Bhatti founded and served as head of Pakistan’s Christian Liberation Front, which he formed in He later helped to found the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) in and was unanimously elected as its chairman. He met with President Pervez Musharraf as part of a group of minority rights joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in , but remained outside politics until becoming a minister in He was pl
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