Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrab said a demarche was handed to UK Acting Head of Mission Matt Cannell in Islamabad, raising serious concerns over the incident involving the former ruling party’s overseas protest.
According to officials, a video shared online by the “UKPTIOFFICIAL” account shows a woman speaker making a violent threat, referring to a car bomb attack against Field Marshal Munir during the protest held earlier this week.
A PTI UK protester outside the Bradford Consulate called for the death of Pakistan’s COAS, CDF Field Marshal Asim Munir, including threats suggesting he should be killed in a car blast. pic.twitter.com/yP4moG18sJ
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Sources said protesters used highly provocative and objectionable language, and death threats were allegedly made, including claims that the Field Marshal would be targeted in a car bomb attack.
The government took strong notice of the threats, saying the United Kingdom should not allow its territory to be used to destabilize Pakistan or promote violence against its institutions. Officials said Pakistan expects British authorities to take strict legal action against those involved and ensure accountability under UK law.
As British High Commissioner Jane Marriott was not in the country, Deputy Head of Mission Matt Cannell was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to receive the protest.
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Before issuing the demarche, Pakistan shared the video and its transcript with UK authorities in Islamabad and London, expressing “grave concern regarding a serious and unprecedented misuse of British territory for activities that amount to incitement to terrorism, violence, and internal destabilization of a sovereign state”.
The letter stated that PTI-linked platforms operating from the UK had circulated content openly calling for the assassination of Field Marshal Munir, stressing that such material was neither political speech nor rhetoric.
“This content is neither rhetorical nor political. It constitutes explicit incitement to murder and the glorification of violence against the senior military leadership of a UN Member State.”
Pakistan also pointed out that similar concerns had been raised in the past about the use of UK territory by groups involved in militancy and violent agitation, but said this incident marked a dangerous escalation.
“Freedom of expression does not include the freedom to incite murder or civil violence,” the letter said, adding that political activism and asylum cannot be used as cover for promoting terrorism or instability abroad.
