Sunday, August 8, 2010
Daily News: Protester hurls shoes at Zardari in Britain
Daily News: Protester hurls shoes at Zardari in Britain: "Instead of cheers, President Asif Ali Zardari was 'greeted' by shoes at a party convention in the British city of Birmingham but he luckily ..."
Protester hurls shoes at Zardari in Britain
Instead of cheers, President Asif Ali Zardari was 'greeted' by shoes at a party convention in the British city of Birmingham but he luckily escaped being hit, Pakistani media reported on Sunday.
However, the Presidential aides insisted that no such incident had occurred during Zardari's visit to Britain. Geo News channel and newspapers of the Jang media group reported that a 60-year-old man named Shamim Khan threw the shoes at Zardari in protest against the President's meeting with Premier British David Cameron, who triggered a storm in Pakistan by saying that it had links with groups that promoted export of terror to Afghanistan and India. But, the shoes failed to hit Zardari and the protester was escorted out of the venue, where the President was addressing a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) convention, by security guards, the reports said.
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British security took away Khan, who shouted slogans, The News daily reported. It also quoted Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira as saying that an investigation will be conducted to determine how and why the man was invited to the gathering for which special invitation cards had been selectively issued by the Pakistan High Commission in London.
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The incident inside the hall coincided with a protest outside the venue, where hundreds of flag-waving protesters carried banners and shouted slogans against Zardari's visit to Britain.
The President has been criticised for travelling abroad at a time when Pakistan has been hit by the worst floods in 80 years that have affected over 12 million people.
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