Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over Karnataka hijab controversy

  • 2 years ago
Pakistan has summoned India's Charge d’Affaires to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and conveyed the government’s "grave concern" over the ban on Muslim girls entering schools wearing hijab in some parts of Karnataka.

Reacting to the move, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi shot back saying Pakistan, which is a "jungle of crime and cruelty" for minorities, is preaching to India on tolerance and secularism.