Pakistan lodges protest with Kabul over killing of its diplomat in Jalalabad

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Islamabad, Nov. 7 (TNS): Pakistan has strongly condemned the killing of its diplomatic staff in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

According to Foreign Office Spokesperson, Pakistan demanded of Afghanistan to tighten security of Pakistani diplomatic staff who are performing their duties in war-torn country.

The spokesman said that Afghan Charge D’Affaires was summoned on Monday by the Foreign Secretary and protested on the gruesome murder of Pakistani diplomatic official in Jalalabad.

Rana Nayyar Iqbal, member of the Pakistani diplomatic crops, was shot dead by gunmen near his residence in eastern Afghanistan on Monday evening.

According to Afghanistan’s ToloNews, Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for Nangarhar governor, said Rana was shot by two gunmen on a motorcycle in Jalalabad, the province’s capital.

The victim was working in the consulate’s visa section and went shopping without a security detail, he claimed.

Political leaders including PTI chief Imran Khan also condemned coward attack on Pakistani diplomat.
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PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto in a statement strongly condemned Jalalabad incident and expressed sympathies with family of the victim.