Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation of federal ministers were harassed and heckled at during their visit to Masjid-e-Nabwi.
The incident took place during the delegation’s visit when people started chanted slogans of chor chor to the group.
Videos of the incident that have surfaced on social media show a charged mob chasing after the delegation calling out names to the ministers. While in another video, someone can be seen pulling Shahzain Bugti’s hair.
The incident was widely criticized by people from all walks of life for politicizing one of the Islam’s holiest sites in the world.
Condemning the incident, Minister for Information Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said the holy land of Madina Manawara should not be used for politics.
Terming such incidents as destruction for the society, she said our workers were also there but they were instructed not to adopt such attitude.
She expressed regret that there is a section of the society, who is maintaining these traditions. She said it will take time, but these attitudes will change with our positive attitudes.
About Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Saudi Arabia, she said it help strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
Govt demands action
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said the government is going to request Saudi Arabia to take appropriate action against the elements that used indecent language in the premises of Masjid-e-Nabvi (SAWW).
Addressing a joint news conference along with Adviser on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira in Islamabad on Friday, he said the act pained the entire Muslim Ummah and hence condemnable.
The interior minister said the Saudi government will also be requested to provide Pakistan identification of the culprits involved in this shameful act for action against them. He said an advice of the Law Ministry will be sought to proceed against such elements.
He said such elements should be deported as they must not be permitted to stay any more on the holy land.
Rana Sanaullah said this act was pre-planned in Pakistan at the behest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi and former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.
The interior minister said Imran Khan Niazi should refrain from spreading anarchy and hatred in the country only to achieve his political objectives. He said the former prime minister is also targeting institutions for this purpose.
He said Imran Khan will have to answer the people for his bad governance during the last four years.
Qamar Zaman Kaira, in his remarks, also strongly condemned the despicable act by a handful of elements at the second most sacred place on the earth for Muslims.
He said Imran Khan must shun the practice of spreading hatred and creating divisions among the society for his vested interest. He said Imran Khan’s politics is the politics of fascism with the belief that only he and his party have the right to live in this country.
Qamar Zaman Kaira said that nobody will be allowed to target the institutions.
