Unwarranted reaction: Egypt rankled by Pakistan criticism of Mursi sentence
Dispensation of justice must be based on the principles of equity and fairness, says Pakistan’s foreign ministry
Dispensation of justice must be based on the principles of equity and fairness, says Pakistan’s foreign ministry. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
CAIRO:
Egypt summoned Pakistan’s charge d’affaires to protest at Islamabad’s criticism of the death sentence handed down to ousted president Mohamed Mursi, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Egypt denounces any “interference in its internal affairs which casts a shadow on relations between the two countries,” the ministry said in a statement a day after summoning Mohamed Eijaz.
Mursi, Egypt ‘s first freely elected president, and more than 100 other defendants were sentenced to death by a court on May 16 for their role in a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.
“The dispensation of justice must be based on the principles of equity and fairness,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement issued on May 19. “This is all the more important when political prisoners especially a former elected president, who was ousted from office, is brought before the court of law.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2015.
Egypt summoned Pakistan’s charge d’affaires to protest at Islamabad’s criticism of the death sentence handed down to ousted president Mohamed Mursi, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Egypt denounces any “interference in its internal affairs which casts a shadow on relations between the two countries,” the ministry said in a statement a day after summoning Mohamed Eijaz.
Mursi, Egypt ‘s first freely elected president, and more than 100 other defendants were sentenced to death by a court on May 16 for their role in a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.
“The dispensation of justice must be based on the principles of equity and fairness,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement issued on May 19. “This is all the more important when political prisoners especially a former elected president, who was ousted from office, is brought before the court of law.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2015.