US EditionPakistan summons UK diplomat over a threat to army chief during a rally
Pakistan urges UK to investigate PTI UK's video calling for CDF assassination and demands legal action to prevent misuse of UK territory for incitement, citing terrorism laws.
- On Friday, Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Matt Cannell, Britain's deputy high commissioner, after a viral Bradford video and handed its transcript to UK authorities in Islamabad and London.
- Pakistan says PTI British chapter circulated a video on the UKPTIOFFICIAL social account calling for Field Marshal Asim Munir's assassination, deliberately amplifying it to provoke unrest.
- Footage posted by PTI UK shows a woman urging a car-bomb attack against Munir; Pakistan says it violates United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and the UK Terrorism Act 2006.
- The letter demands the UK immediately investigate, prosecute and consider banning PTI operations, with the UK High Commission in Islamabad advising that alleged crimes be passed to UK police liaison for review, while Talal Chaudhry urged urgent legal action on Friday.
- Contextually, tensions have recently escalated between PTI and the military, with many supporters blaming Munir for Khan's imprisonment after the 26 tourists' killing in Kashmir, adding regional sensitivity.
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Pakistan summons UK diplomat over a threat to army chief during a rally
Pakistan has summoned Britain’s deputy high commissioner after a viral video showed a woman at a rally in the northern English city of Bradford saying the Pakistani army chief would die in a possible attack.
Pakistan summons UK diplomat, seeks action over ‘incitement to violence’ against top military commander
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned the United Kingdom’s acting high commissioner to convey a formal demarche after the government wrote to British authorities expressing concern over social media content circulating from UK territory that it said amounted to incitement to violence against the Pakistani state.
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Pakistan govt has written letter to UK authorities, seeking action over ‘inciteful’ statements: state ministers
Two ministers of state from the PML-N said on Friday that the Pakistan government had written a letter to the UK authorities, seeking action against over “inciteful” statements, particularly in reference to a video that is circulating on social media. Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry and Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani confirmed that development to Geo News, with the latter particularly mentioning that “the head of…
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