- Foreign Office summoned the Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan.
- Islamabad lodged a strong protest and handed over a demarche.
- Canadian MP Tom Kmiec had made the remarks
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has summoned the Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan and lodged a strong protest over irresponsible remarks by a Canadian MP.
The Canadian envoy was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a strong demarche was served over the “irresponsible and undiplomatic” remarks by Canadian MP Tom Kmiec over the internal affairs of Pakistan.
The diplomat was told that the recent statement against Pakistan and the military leadership by the Canadian lawmaker were against diplomatic norms and highly irresponsible.
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Tom Kmiec is a Canadian parliamentarian for Calgary Shepard in the House of Commons. Last week, Tom Kmiec accused Pakistan of violating the rights of minorities including the people of Sindh
The Canada-based Sindhi Foundation organized a protest rally in front of the Pakistani high commission and delivered a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the alleged human rights violation of people of Sindh.
Tom Kmiec had visited the protest site and said he recognized the agonies of Sindhi people whose minority, girls are forcibly converted to Islam, and political dissident youths have enforcedly disappeared.
Kmiec is accused of campaigning for groups hostile towards the state of Pakistan. He supported the solidarity walk Freedom Walk for Sindh’s human rights.
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