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Pakistan issues demarche to Canada over MP’s 'irresponsible remarks'

Tom Kmiec's statement was against 'diplomatic norms and highly irresponsible'

News Desk June 23, 2022

Pakistan Foreign Office. PHOTO: FILE

Islamabad has lodged a strong diplomatic protest with Ottawa over a Canadian MP’s “irresponsible and undiplomatic” remarks on recent political fluidity in Pakistan.

The Canadian high commissioner to Pakistan was summoned to the Foreign Office on Thursday and a strong démarche was served, according to sources.

“The diplomat was told that the recent statement against Pakistan by Canadian Member of Parliament Tom Kmiec was against diplomatic norms and highly irresponsible,” sources said.

While speaking in the lower house of Canadian parliament, Tom Kmiec, who belongs to Canada’s Conservative Party, allegedly sought to drag in the security establishment in the political volatility in Pakistan.

It is immediately unclear who approached or briefed the Canadian lawmaker about the political situation in Pakistan.

Tom Kmiec is a Canadian parliamentarian for Calgary Shepard in the House of Commons. He has served in finance and foreign affairs committees and also he is the former national conservative caucus chairman of the 43rd Parliament.

He is accused of campaigning for groups hostile towards the state of Pakistan.

Earlier, this month, he participated in a walk organised for the rights of Sindhis. Together with Tariq Fatah, who is accused of maligning Pakistan globally, Tom is allegedly promoting Indian-backed terror groups in Sindh province of Pakistan, according to www.pakstrategic.com

COMMENTS (5)

zafar | 2 years ago | Reply We should form a judicial commission to investigate this new sazish against Pakistan.

test | 2 years ago | Reply Kill your traitors before your enemy. You know why US rule it is simply because they eliminate traitors from their soil but if there is a traitor to an other country. US will use that traitor to raise chaos in that country. 1-Kill your traitors in order to save your country from chaos 2-Exploit other countries by using the traitors in those countries So Kill your traitors before your enemy. We don t have any high level or frequent high level relations with Canada. Neither our leadership visit Canada nor their leadership visit Pakistan. The only thing that you can do is to close your embassy. Otherwise just an other day for our country. All muslim countries are ruled by cowardly rulers or western puppets or in short all muslim countries have most coward phatto leaders with their pants sweating. We have seen that in the case of Kashmir Palestine Syria Iraq Lybia Afghanistan because if they speak up to their masters they will not feel the fragrance of dollars because their masters will not be happy.