ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has strongly condemned the decision by the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, to re-publish deeply offensive caricature of Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wa Alihi Wasallam Khatam-un-Nabiyeen.
In a tweet, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said that such a deliberate act to offend the sentiments of Muslims cannot be justified as an exercise in press freedom or freedom of expression.
Such a deliberate act to offend the sentiments of billions of Muslims cannot be justified as an exercise in press freedom or freedom of expression. Such actions undermine the global aspirations for peaceful co-existence as well as social and inter-faith harmony. 2/2
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) September 1, 2020
He said such actions undermine the global aspirations for peaceful coexistence as well as social and interfaith harmony.
