Pakistan's Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti was assassinated down near his residence in Islamabad on 2 March 2011. The gunning down of Bhatti is being linked to the blasphemy issue which had resulted in the assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer as well. Bhatti like Taseer had advocated changes in the draconian blasphemy law.
Pamphlets of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan referring to blasphemy issue that were found at the site of the assassination in the I-8/3 residential area of Islamabad goes on to establish that Bhatti was assassinated for supporting the amendments to the blasphemy law proposed by Pakistan People's Party legislator Sherry Rehman. Pakistan's Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian by faith had voiced fears for his life, stating that threats had increased ever since Taseer's assassination.
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