New Delhi: Pakistan has summoned British Deputy High Commissioner Matt Kennel and issued him a ‘demarche’ after provocative statements and threats were issued during a protest in UK’s Bradford against their Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Asim Munir.
According to news agency PTI, Pakistan summoned Matt Kennel to register a protest over the incident and asked the British authorities to take note of the threats made to the Pakistani leadership that were aimed to “destabilise” Pakistan.
“The demarche was issued after provocative statements were made against Pakistan’s civil and military leadership from British soil,” the Foreign Office spokesperson said, and urged the UK to “hold responsible elements accountable in accordance with the law”.
Earlier, the Pakistani government had written a letter to British authorities demanding action against the inflammatory statements made at a protest in Bradford.
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In a video circulated on social media, a woman appeared to be wishing ill on a person without taking any name (speculated to be Asim Munir), saying that they should be “blown up in a car”. The woman can be seen surrounded by people holding Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) flags, political party led by former and jailed Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry and Minister of State for Finance Bilal Kayani confirmed that development to Geo News, with the latter particularly mentioning that “the head of armed forces was threatened” in the video.
When asked about the video, Chaudhry said, “Pakistan has formally written to the UK, expecting them to act according to their laws and justice system.”
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Kayani termed the incident shown in the video “unacceptable” and “unfortunate”.
“We have repeatedly said that PTI spreads violence and threats under the guise of politics, justifies threats, and misuses freedom of speech,” Kayani said.
Earlier this month, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had said that the government would repatriate from the UK those YouTubers involved in targeting the state institutions.
With inputs from PTI
