A peaceable protest by members of the Indian diaspora outdoors the Pakistan Excessive Fee in London on Friday was a flashpoint after a senior Pakistan Military officer was caught on video making a threatening throat-slit gesture towards demonstrators.
The video, which has since gone viral on social media, exhibits Colonel Taimur Rahat, Pakistan Military and Air Advisor within the Excessive Fee, drawing his hand throughout his throat whereas observing protestors who had gathered to sentence the April 22 terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that left 26 civilians useless.
Greater than 500 members of the Indian and Jewish communities within the UK participated within the demonstration, waving Indian flags and holding placards that known as out Pakistan’s assist for terror outfits. Protesters chanted slogans demanding justice and accountability, and urged the UK authorities to take diplomatic motion.
“This isn’t simply insensitivity—it’s provocation,” stated one of many protest organisers. “If Pakistan can’t condemn terror, they’re complicit in it.”
Organisers additionally condemned the Pakistan Excessive Fee for enjoying loud celebratory music in the course of the demonstration, calling it “a tone-deaf and disgraceful act that added insult to damage.”
An Indo-Jewish protester advised ANI, “We assist India as a result of we face the identical enemy: Islamist radicalisation. What occurred in Pahalgam reminded us of the Hamas assault on Israel.”
The Indian authorities has responded to the Pahalgam assault by suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, closing the Attari land border, and ordering Pakistani nationals to go away by Could 1. Diplomatic employees energy at Excessive Commissions on each side can be being decreased.