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Egypt protests Pakistan's criticism of Morsi death sentence
AFP — PUBLISHED 17 minutes ago
CAIRO: Egypt summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires to protest Islamabad's criticism of the death sentence handed down to ousted president Mohamed Morsi, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Egypt denounces any “interference in its internal affairs which casts a shadow on relations between the two countries,” the ministry said in a statement a day after summoning Mohamed Eijaz.
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, and more than 100 other defendants were sentenced to death by a court on May 16 for their role in a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.
The sentence was criticised by human rights groups, the United States and the European Union, as well as Pakistan.
“The dispensation of justice must be based on the principles of equity and fairness,” Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement issued on May 19.
“This is all the more important when political prisoners especially a former elected president, who was ousted from office, is brought before the court of law."
Morsi was ousted by then-army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in July 2013 after massive street protests against his one-year rule.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had also criticised an Egypt court's decision to sentence to death deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, saying it "bodes ill" for the Egyptian people and democracy in Egypt.
Imran Khan
✔@ImranKhanPTI
The sentencing of deposed President Morsi to death bodes ill for the Egyptian people & for Egyptian democracy. 1/2
8:12 AM - 17 May 2015
Imran correlated the death sentence awarded to Morsi with the controversial execution of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder and former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged in 1979 for the murder of a political opponent.
Imran Khan
✔@ImranKhanPTI
2/2 The Pakistani nation & Pakistan's democracy continue to suffer the aftermath of civilian leader ZAB's hanging by a military dictator.
8:15 AM - 17 May 2015
A government crackdown overseen by Sisi has left hundreds of Morsi supporters dead, thousands imprisoned and dozens sentenced to death after speedy trials, described by the United Nations as “unprecedented in recent history”.
Also read: Egypt sentences deposed president Morsi to death
Morsi has also been sentenced to 20 years in jail in a separate trial.
AFP — PUBLISHED 17 minutes ago
CAIRO: Egypt summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires to protest Islamabad's criticism of the death sentence handed down to ousted president Mohamed Morsi, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Egypt denounces any “interference in its internal affairs which casts a shadow on relations between the two countries,” the ministry said in a statement a day after summoning Mohamed Eijaz.
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, and more than 100 other defendants were sentenced to death by a court on May 16 for their role in a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.
The sentence was criticised by human rights groups, the United States and the European Union, as well as Pakistan.
“The dispensation of justice must be based on the principles of equity and fairness,” Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement issued on May 19.
“This is all the more important when political prisoners especially a former elected president, who was ousted from office, is brought before the court of law."
Morsi was ousted by then-army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in July 2013 after massive street protests against his one-year rule.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had also criticised an Egypt court's decision to sentence to death deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, saying it "bodes ill" for the Egyptian people and democracy in Egypt.
Imran Khan
✔@ImranKhanPTI
The sentencing of deposed President Morsi to death bodes ill for the Egyptian people & for Egyptian democracy. 1/2
8:12 AM - 17 May 2015
Imran correlated the death sentence awarded to Morsi with the controversial execution of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder and former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged in 1979 for the murder of a political opponent.
Imran Khan
✔@ImranKhanPTI
2/2 The Pakistani nation & Pakistan's democracy continue to suffer the aftermath of civilian leader ZAB's hanging by a military dictator.
8:15 AM - 17 May 2015
A government crackdown overseen by Sisi has left hundreds of Morsi supporters dead, thousands imprisoned and dozens sentenced to death after speedy trials, described by the United Nations as “unprecedented in recent history”.
Also read: Egypt sentences deposed president Morsi to death
Morsi has also been sentenced to 20 years in jail in a separate trial.
, still we are friends don't interfere like turkey , we will lose you as well and i heard that we are already planning for a co-operation with pakistan so don't just ruin all that for criminals like morsi and his "muslim" Lol brotherhood.
