Awwal 27, 1432, March 02, 2011, SPA --Pakistan's Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti was assassinated by unknown assailants Wednesday, officials said. "The minister has passed away," Asmat Ullah Qureshi, spokesman for Shifa International Hospital said. Inspector General of Islamabad Police Wajid Durrani said the minister was attacked as he left his house in the capital Islamabad, according to a report of the German Press Agency "DPA."