governor of punjab province who had campaigned for ms bibis release and for changes in the blasphemy laws was shot and killed by his own police bodyguard who was subsequently hailed by many as a herolast november thousands of supporters of mr rizvis religious party tehreekelabbaik pakistan paralyzed islamabad for days with protests over a proposed new oath for lawmakers angry because the wording did not mention the prophet muhammad the law minister was forced to resign over the omission which the protesters considered blasphemythe supreme court is expected to take up the review of ms bibis acquittal next weekmr malook ms bibis lawyer said the military had assured him that his client was safethe pakistani army assured me that she remains safe that nobody shall hurt her and that she should be allowed to leave provided that she is safe he said