- Shahbaz Bhatti was an opponent of blasphemy laws that impose death penalty for insulting Islam
- A branch of the Taliban claimed responsibility for the ambushing
- Politician had defied death threats and was without protection - despite having bodyguard
Assassinated: Pakistan minister Shahbaz Bhatti was shot dead by suspected Taliban gunmen who sprayed his car with bullets as he drove to work
Shahbaz Bhatti, a 42-year-old Roman Catholic, died after his car was sprayed with bullets in a carefully planned ambush as he drove from his mother's home.
It was the second assassination in two months of a high-profile opponent of Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam.
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