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Pakistan summons European envoys
 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday lodged a strong protest with Denmark and several other European countries over cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammed (PTUI peace be upon him), the Foreign Ministry said. The ministry summoned the ambassador of Denmark in Islamabad to express their anger at the cartoons and also called in the envoys of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Holland, Hungary, Norway and the Czech Republic. At the meetings at the ministry of foreign affairs, Pakistani officials lodged a strong protest against the publication and reprinting of blasphemous sketches, foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said. Pakistan demanded an immediate action by the Danish Government against the newspaper, Aslam said.
Posted by: Fred 2006-02-05 |
