Pak minister's suspected killer arrested

Wed, 22 June 2011

16:26

The Pakistan police have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the assassination of former Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti.

According to The Dawn, the suspect, Hafiz Nazar, was arrested in Karachi and is currently being questioned.

It happened Bhatti, a Christian and a member of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Islamabad on March 2 for advocating reforms of the nation's draconian blasphemy laws. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan had claimed responsibility the killing and called Bhatti a blasphemer of Muhammad.

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