Shahbaz Bhatti شہباز بھٹی | |
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Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs | |
In office 2 November 2008 – 2 March 2011 | |
President | Asif Ali Zardari |
Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
Preceded by | Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq |
Succeeded by | Paul Bhatti |
Personal details | |
Born | Lahore, Pakistan | September 9, 1968
Died | 2 March 2011 Islamabad, Pakistan | (aged 42)
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) |
Alma mater | University of the Punjab |
Clement Shahbaz Bhatti (9 September 1968 – 2 March 2011) was a Pakistani politician and the first Christian Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs.[1] He was elected as a member of the National Assembly in 2008 for the Pakistan People's Party.[2] Bhatti became the only Christian member of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's Cabinet on November 2.[3][4] On 2 March 2011, Bhatti was assassinated outside his mother's home by members of the Pakistani Taliban for his opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws.[5] In March 2016, his cause for beatification was formally opened by the Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. He was given the honorary title Servant of God within the Catholic Church.[6][7]
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