Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry on Saturday strongly condemned the recent countrywide incidents of vandalising international fast-food outlets and vowed that the government would deal with the attackers strictly.
Chaudhry’s statement comes after a string of recent attacks on outlets of international fast-food chains across Sindh and Punjab — as a form of protest and boycott against Israeli atrocities in Gaza — with an incident in Sheikhupura claiming the life of a worker.
Addressing a press conference in Faisalabad, Chaudhry recalled that outlets belonging to a renowned fast-food chain were attacked and said: “The state has a responsibility to protect the lives and properties, whether they are of Pakistani businesses or of foreigners investing here.”
Chaudhry lambasted the attackers for adhering neither to their religion nor to the country’s Constitution, which discourage violence.
“Around 20 such incidents took place in various locations across Pakistan,” the official stated.
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