State Department Remarks on Assassination of Pakistan Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2011.  The remarks that follow are attributed to Secretary of State Clinton. 

I am shocked and outraged by the assassination today of Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti. This was an attack not only on one man, but on the values of tolerance and respect for people of all faiths and backgrounds championed by Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan’s founding father.

I recently had the opportunity to meet Minister Bhatti. He…