In "Paki pol takes a hit for religious freedom", Walt told you about Shahbaz Bhatti, the only Christian minister in the government of Pakistan. Mr. Bhatti had been quite vocal in calling for the repeal of Pakistan's anti-blasphemy laws, by virtue [wrong word. Ed.] of which many Christians had been persecuted.
I wrote "Well, they didn't get Mr. Bhatti...yet". Turns out it took less than two months for the fatwa issued against Mr. Bhatti to be carried out.
Associated Press reported today that "assailants purportedly sent by al-Qaeda and the Taliban" sprayed his car with bullets outside his parents' driveway, killing him instantly.
It was the second assassination in two months of a high-profile opponent of blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam. The first was Salman Taseer, on whose assassination Walt was commenting in the first article.
RIP.
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