Shahbaz Bhatti
Shahbaz Bhatti شہباز بھٹی | |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 9, 1968 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Died | 2 March 2011 (aged 42) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| 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. He was elected as a member of the National Assembly in 2008 for the Pakistan People's Party. Bhatti became the only Christian member of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's Cabinet on November 2. 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. 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.