Investigation says Shabhaz Bhatti killed by Al Qaeda
(July 01, 2011) Pakistani investigators believe that the late Minister for Minorities,
Shabhaz Bhatti, a Catholic, was murdered by Al Qaeda terrorists who are now in Dubai.
“The investigations into the murder of my brother Shabhaz are finally on the right
track: it is the work carried out by the Taliban and Islamic fanatics. Now we are
waiting for the capture of the perpetrators of the crime, who are in Dubai,” Paul
Bhatti, brother of the late minister, told Vatican’s Fides news agency. “The Minister
of Interior, Rehman Malik, has announced an international arrest warrant,” Bhatti
said in an interview in which he commented on the results of the inquiry on behalf
of the Pakistani government regarding the culprits of the murder. The inquiry pointed
out that the murder was planned by “Brigade 313″, the military organization of Al
Qaeda, known as “ghost army”. The plan was said to have been carried out by elements
of the extremist group ‘Tehrik-e-Islami’, along with a faction of the group ‘Ghazi
Force in Islamabad’. Bhatti hoped for a rapid conclusion, with the capture of the
perpetrators of the crime, adding it would prove the health of the state of law in
Pakistan. He also said they would continue his late brother’s work and mission for
the protection of religious minorities throughout the country.