Pakistani pilgrims arrested for chanting ‘chor’ against PM Shehbaz Sharif at Medina mosque

Saudi government on Friday arrested a few Pakistani pilgrims for hounding and chanting abusive slogans towards Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation on the Masjid-i-Nabwi withinside the holy metropolis of Madina, the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad showed on Friday.

According to the media director of the Saudi embassy, the protesters had been taken into custody for “violating the regulations” and “disrespecting” the sanctity of the respected mosque via way of means of chanting “chor chor” (thieves) as quickly as they noticed the high minister, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported.

The newly appointed high minister is on a three-day go to to Saudi Arabia — his first overseas experience considering assuming office — along side a delegation inclusive of 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 films circulating on social media.

Prime Minister Sharif and his son Hamza are going through allegations of cash laundering. They have denied any wrongdoing and alleged that the instances towards them have been politically motivated

Another video confirmed the pilgrims heckling and chanting abusive slogans towards federal ministers Marriyum Aurangzeb and Shahzain Bugti, who have been escorted via way of means of Saudi guards. A pilgrim can also be visible pulling Bugti’s hair from behind.

Responding to the harassment confronted via way of means of pilgrims, Marriyum Aurangzeb in a video message stated the act became perpetrated via way of means of a “choose group”, even as maximum Pakistanis admire the sanctity of the holy mosque.

“I don’t need to call the individual answerable for this incident due to the fact I don’t need to apply this holy land for political purposes,” she added.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah stated his ministry might request the Saudi Arabia authorities to take “suitable movement” towards the Pakistani pilgrims.

“My ministry will make a humble request to the Saudi authorities to take suitable movement in this matter. We are going to bring the ache the kingdom felt at those incidents in Masjid-i-Nabwi,” he stated.

Sanaullah stated the Saudi government might be asked to discover the ones worried withinside the incident in order that they might be deported to Pakistan as they have been “now no longer worth of dwelling at the sacred land”.

Condemning the incident, Pakistan Ulema Council chairman Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi stated Muslims have been intended to bow their heads and decrease their voices in Masjid-i-Nabwi in preference to elevating grimy slogans and hurling allegations at the holy day of Ramzan.

Blaming ousted high minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the incident, Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, sister of newly appointed Foreign Minister Bilawal, stated the Opposition celebration became inciting “intolerance and divisiveness”.

Religious pupil Maulana Tariq Jameel additionally tweeted that the protest on the holy mosque wasn’t “applicable in Islam”.

Meanwhile, PTI General Secretary Asad Umar asserted that respecting the sanctity of holy locations became a ought to for everyone.