PPP leaders condemn killing of Shahbaz Bhatti

Speaker Sindh Assembly provincial ministers and PPP leaders strongly condemned the assassination of Federal Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti. In a joint statement issued here Wednesday, Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Senior Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq, Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza, Provincial Ministers Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman and Zahid Bhurgari, Media Coordinator of Sindh Government and PPP General Secretary Taj Hyder and Chief Minister’s Media Consultant Aftab Ahmed Khanzada have termed Bhatti’s assassination as part of conspiracy against Pakistan.



“The murder is not just against the country’s law but it indeed raises a question on our social values,” the statement says. They have assured of their full support for all the minority communities in the country and appealed them to maintain patience as finally law would prevail upon the miscreants. Minister for Religious Affairs, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah strongly condemned the killing of Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti. Talking to APP, he termed the killing a tragic incident.

He expressed profound grief and sorrow over the assassination of the Shahbaz Bhutti. He said, “no words were strong enough to condemn it.”He prayed peace for the departed soul and courage to the family to bear the loss with courage. Meanwhile, religious political parties condemned killing of Federal Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti. In a statement here Wednesday, leader of Tehreek-e-Namoos-e-Risalat and Jamiat-e-Ulma-e-Pakistan (JUP) Sahibzada Abul Khair Zubair said that Islam offers safety and rights for minorities.

He hoped that the government would not be pressurized in unearthing the culprits involved in the killing of the federal minister, adding that it was very necessary that mastermind of such high profile killing should be brought to the justice. Deputy General Secretary Jamiat Islami Abdul Waheed Qureshi and Ameer JI Hyderabad Shaukat Qureshi also condemned the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti