Pakistan-born Bishop condemns Bhutto assassination
by Daniel Blake, Maria Mackay and agencies
Saturday, December 29, 2007

The Pakistan-born Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, has called the assassination of Benazir Bhutto a “body blow for freedom and democracy in Pakistan”.

Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan and leader of the opposition, was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack on Thursday as she was leaving a political rally at Rawalpindi. Sixteen people were killed in the attack.

Bishop Nazir-Ali, who is the former Bishop of Raiwind Lahore and who was forced to flee Pakistan as a result of persecution, said Bhutto had been a “friend for many years”. the rest