US embassy in Pakistan regrets 'unauthorised publish ...

through PTI

ISLAMABAD: the USA embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday issued an apology for sharing a Twitter publish which in a roundabout way called Pakistan best Minister Imran Khan a "demagogue and dictator."

On Tuesday night, the USA embassy re-tweeted a post by means of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Ahsan Iqbal, the place he shows a screenshot of a piece of writing through The Washington submit titled ''Trump''s defeat is a blow for the world''s demagogues and dictators''.

along with the screen seize, Iqbal wrote: "we now have one in Pakistan too. He could be shown the way out quickly." Iqbal''s lines were a transparent reference to major Minister Khan.

The embassy's put up went viral within minutes and it faced extreme backlash from the supporters of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf birthday party.

On Wednesday, the embassy on itsTwitter account noted, "the USA embassy Islamabad Twitter account become accessed final nighttime without authorisation. the us embassy doesn't advise the posting or re-tweeting of political messages. We apologise for any confusion that may additionally have resulted from the unauthorised put up."

when you consider that then the embassy has deleted the publish.

On Tuesday, #ApologiseUS_Embassy trended on Twitter. Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari and Sindh Governor Imran Ismael have demanded an apology from the USA embassy.

"US embassy continues to be working in Trumpian mode in aid of convicted absconder and intervening overtly in our internal politics," Mazari referred to, relating to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

"Monroe doctrine additionally died centuries ago! US embassy ought to observe norms of diplomacy," she stated.

Reacting to the us embassy''s apology, the minister pointed out, "Account turned into certainly no longer hacked so someone who had entry to it used it ''with out authorisation''. Unacceptable that a person working within the US Embassy is pushing a selected political celebration''s agenda."

special Assistant to the best Minister on Political communique Shahbaz Gill spoke of for the first time ever an embassy became considered "insulting" its personal lawfully elected president. "We predict some heads to roll. here is unacceptable!" he referred to.