Islamabad (TDI): Pakistan has strongly condemned the act of disrespecting the national anthem by Afghanistan’s Acting Consul General in Peshawar.
“We are conveying our strong protest to the Afghan authorities both in Islamabad and Kabul,” the FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said on Tuesday.
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She added that disrespecting the host country’s national anthem was against diplomatic norms.
The statement comes after KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur invited Afghan Consulate officials to the Rahmat-ul-lil-Aalameen Conference in Peshawar.
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While Pakistan’s national anthem was playing, Afghan Consul General Mohibullah Shakir blatantly disregarded diplomatic protocol and remained seated.
