Bhutto calls for protection of Christian
May 28 2007

The leader of Pakistan's largest opposition party, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on Monday demanded government protection for the country's minority Christian population following bomb threats by Islamic extremists.

"The primary aim of a government is to provide protection to the life, liberty and pursuit of livelihood of the citizens," Bhutto said in a statement. "Any government who cannot do this, must resign and make way for another that can give such protection," she added.

More than 500 Christians living the cities of Mardan and Charsadda in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) in recent weeks received written threats that they would be targeted in suicide attacks if they did not convert to Islam. the rest HT magic statistics