Overview
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office summoned Acting UK Head of Mission Matt Cannell in Islamabad and delivered a formal protest over threats voiced at a PTI protest in Bradford.
- A video posted by the UKPTIOFFICIAL account shows a woman outside the Pakistani consulate invoking a car-bomb attack against Asim Munir as PTI flags are visible in the crowd.
- Islamabad handed the clip and a transcript to British authorities, citing UN Security Council Resolution 1373 and the UK Terrorism Act 2006 to argue the remarks amount to incitement.
- The demarche asks the UK to identify, investigate, and prosecute those involved and to consider legal or administrative measures against PTI UK if warranted.
- PTI figures dispute the terrorism characterization and call the gathering political protest, while the British High Commission notes any potential offense will be reviewed by police, with no charges announced so far.