Pak PM attends slain minister's service

Fri, 04 March 2011

14:21

Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani today paid homage to slain Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti at a memorial service at a church attended by scores of people, as Christians protested for the second straight day against his killing and demanded arrest of his assassins.

During the memorial service at the heavily-guarded Fatima Church here, Gilani stood silently and offered prayers for Bhatti, the only Christian member of his Cabinet who was shot dead by Taliban militants on Wednesday for opposing the controversial blasphemy law.

Apart from Bhatti's family, the service was attended by several federal ministers, parliamentarians, foreign envoys, including the US Ambassador and British High Commissioner besides leading members of the minority Christian community.

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