India should hold BJP leaders accountable over derogatory remarks: FO.

ISLAMABAD -- The Foreign Office (FO) has strongly condemned the derogatory remarks made by two officials of India's ruling party BJP against the Holy Prophet (PBUH), demanding the Indian government hold them accountable, media reported on Friday.

Addressing a weekly press conference today, FO Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed pointed out that India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was involved in atrocities against minorities, especially Muslims.

He noted that Pakistan had summoned Indian Charge d' Affaires and conveyed its strong protest and condemnation of the highly derogatory remarks about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The FO spokesperson further said that the Foreign Secretary had briefed OIC and P-5 envoys about the Indian atrocities on minorities. 'Indian state machinery was being used against Muslims in the country,' he added.

Asim Iftikhar stressed that the BJP top leadership should unequivocally condemn the sacrilegious comments of the...

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