Pakistan summons UK envoy over Rushdie award
Afp, Islamabad
Pakistan summoned the British ambassador to the foreign ministry yesterday, officials from both sides said, amid mounting anger at the award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie. British High Commissioner (ambassador) Robert Brinkley was due to visit the ministry in Islamabad later in the day, High Commission spokesman Aidan Liddle told AFP. He could not provide any further details. Pakistan Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam confirmed that Brinkley had been summoned and said that he would receive a copy of resolutions passed by parliament against the knighthood.
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