The foreign affairs ministry has instructed the Pakistan High Commission in London to take legal action against those who attacked former chief justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa’s vehicle in the United Kingdom capital.
This comes after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters protested against the former jurist outside a building in London where Isa was honoured with a ‘Bencher of Middle Temple’ at a ceremony.
Malika Bokhari, Zulfi Bukhari, and Azhar Mashwani addressed the demonstrators at the event.
As the former chief justice was leaving the ceremony, PTI activists assaulted his vehicle and tried to block his vehicle’s way.
In reaction to the incident, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take “appropriate action.”
The ministry regretted the incident against the former CJP. In its directives, the ministry has called for legal action to ensure that the perpetrators receive “appropriate punishment and for strict measures” to be taken against those involved in the act.
Imran Khan has accused the former CJP of being anti-PTI and maintained that the latter was also responsible for his incarceration and crackdown on his party.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has announced the cancellation of the attackers’ passports.
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Naqvi has instructed the National Database and Registration Authority to take “immediate steps” to identify the assailants, stressing the need for locating them through available footage.
The interior minister stated that legal action would be taken against the assailants of the former CJP. He confirmed that a complaint would be registered against them in Pakistan and further actions would follow, including blocking their identity cards and cancelling their passports.
The Interior Minister emphasized that citizenship revocation proceedings for those who carried out the attack will be initiated immediately. He added that the case for citizenship cancellation will be sent to the federal cabinet for approval, asserting that such attacks cannot be tolerated.
