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Shahbaz Bhatti
Pakistani politician
Clement Shahbaz Bhatti (9 September &#;&#; 2 March ) was a Pakistani politician and the first Christian Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs.[1] He was elected as a member of the National Assembly in for the Pakistan People's Party.[2] Bhatti became the only Christian member of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's Cabinet on November 2.[3][4] On 2 March , Bhatti was assassinated outside his mother's home by members of the Pakistani Taliban for his opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws.[5] In March , 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.[6][7]
Early life
Bhatti was born in Lahore to Christian parents from the Faisalabad District.
His father, Jacob Bhatti, worked as an officer of the British Army, then as a teacher, before becoming chairman