Saudi government on Friday arrested some Pakistani pilgrims for hounding and chanting abusive slogans towards High Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation on the Masjid-i-Nabwi within the holy town of Madina, the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad showed on Friday.
In line with the media director of the Saudi embassy, the protesters had been taken into custody for “violating the laws” and “disrespecting” the sanctity of the respected mosque by way of chanting “chor chor” (thieves) once they noticed the top minister, Pakistan’s Break of day newspaper reported.
The newly appointed top minister is on a three-day discuss with to Saudi Arabia — his first international go back and forth since assuming place of work — in conjunction with a delegation together with Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari amongst others.
The delegation, which headed to the Prophet’s mosque to provide prayers after arriving in Madina on Thursday, confronted protest and chanting on the holy mosque, highlighting the movies circulating on social media.
High Minister Sharif and his son Hamza are dealing with allegations of cash laundering. They’ve denied any wrongdoing and alleged that the instances towards them had been politically motivated.
Some other video confirmed the pilgrims heckling and chanting abusive slogans towards federal ministers Marriyum Aurangzeb and Shahzain Bugti, who had been escorted by way of Saudi guards. A pilgrim may be noticed pulling Bugti’s hair from at the back of.
Responding to the harassment confronted by way of pilgrims, Marriyum Aurangzeb in a video message mentioned the act was once perpetrated by way of a “make a choice team”, whilst maximum Pakistanis appreciate the sanctity of the holy mosque.
“I don’t wish to identify the individual liable for this incident as a result of I don’t wish to use this holy land for political functions,” she added.
Internal Minister Rana Sanaullah mentioned his ministry would request the Saudi Arabia govt to take “suitable motion” towards the Pakistani pilgrims.
“My ministry will make a humble request to the Saudi govt to take suitable motion in this topic. We’re going to put across the ache the country felt at those incidents in Masjid-i-Nabwi,” he mentioned.
Sanaullah mentioned the Saudi government could be asked to spot the ones concerned within the incident in order that they might be deported to Pakistan as they had been “no longer worthy of residing at the sacred land”.
Condemning the incident, Pakistan Ulema Council chairman Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi mentioned Muslims had been intended to bow their heads and decrease their voices in Masjid-i-Nabwi as a substitute of elevating grimy slogans and hurling allegations at the holy day of Ramzan.
Blaming ousted top minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the incident, Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, sister of newly appointed International Minister Bilawal, mentioned the Opposition birthday party was once inciting “intolerance and divisiveness”.
Non secular pupil Maulana Tariq Jameel additionally tweeted that the protest on the holy mosque wasn’t “appropriate in Islam”.
In the meantime, PTI Common Secretary Asad Umar asserted that respecting the sanctity of holy puts was once a will have to for everybody.