FM Qureshi condemn the decision by French magazine to republish blasphemous sketches.

The Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a video message, in response to the growing trend of Islamophobia world over that, “Pakistan believes in freedom of expression, however such liberty does not mean to have a license to hurt religious sentiments of others,”

In response of French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo who recently announced to republish the offensive caricatures of Holy Prophet (Peace be Upon Him), which had received immense ire from the Muslims, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said;
“I strongly condemn the French magazine Charlie Hebdo on my own behalf and on behalf of the government of Pakistan. The blasphemous sketches have hurt the feelings of millions of Muslims.”