Tag: Shahbaz Bhatti
Asia Bibi thanks churches, credits prayers for keeping her alive
ASIA Noreen Bibi, the first Pakistani woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in November 2010, thanked Pope Francis and all the churches praying for her and credited them with her survival after four-and-a-half years in prison.
Mob beats to death Muslim man accused of blasphemy in Pak
A mob in Pakistan has stormed a police station and beaten to death a Muslim man accused of desecrating the Koran.
The victim's body was...
Shahbaz Bhatti murder probe going nowhere, says brother
DR. Paul Bhatti, elder brother of Shahbaz Bhatti, the slain federal minister for minority affairs in Pakistan, has expressed his ‘grave concern’ over the probe into the murder of his brother.
Pak Christian charged of blasphemy found dead in jail
REPORTS said Qamar David, who had been awaiting appeal against his 2010 conviction, was found dead today in his prison cell in Karachi’s main jail.
UK bishops condemn Shahbaz Bhatti’s murder
THE Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has condemned the murder of Pakistan minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti. His murder has increased anxiety about the safety of Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan, he said.
Pakistan’s only Christian minister in cabinet shot dead
BHATTI, the only Christian in the Pakistani cabinet, had been threatened by Muslim groups in the country because of his stand against the Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws.
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While no cause of death has been revealed, Franklin Police Department officials in Tennessee said Monday that no foul play is suspected.
