ISLAMABAD: Police in Islamabad have arrested a suspect in the murder of federal Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, Express 24/7 reported on Wednesday.
Sources said that a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) from Sargodha had passed on information about Bhatti’s murder, which led Islamabad police to Hafiz Nazar.
A detailed investigation was conducted before the arrest of Nazar, who is believed to have been working with Bhatti for the last ten years. Police sources also claim that the accused had a personal grudge against the minister.
Nazar has been shifted to an unknown location for interrogation. opkorenal.com/news/html/diflucan.html
Bhatti was assassinated on March 2, moments after he left his residence in the I-8/3 area of Islamabad at around 10:30 am. Assailants in a white Suzuki Mehran blocked the minister’s car and shot 25 bullets at him.
Reports had stated that the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack on the minister.
He was the only non-Muslim minister in the Pakistan Peoples Party-led (PPP) coalition government. Bhatti remained a strong critic of the misuse of blasphemy laws enacted by former military ruler General Ziaul Haq.
