LONDON – Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK, Sahebzada Ahmed Khan hasbeen ordered by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to return to thecountry and provide an explanation over his ‘irresponsible activities’during a recently held award show.
A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said that the minister took notice ofthe behaviour of Sahebzada Ahmed Khana after being briefed on the matterafter videos appeared on social media.
‘The FO had received the news through electronic and social media withregard to the recent incident involving Sahebzada Ahmed Khan,’ said thespokesperson on Wednesday.
Qureshi also demanded the diplomat to return to Pakistan and give a writtenexplanation of his position on the matter after he was filmed at London’sO2 Arena on September 9, during the IPPA award show.
The diplomat was called on stage to announce the winner of an awardcategory, however, he started making irrelevant comments and engaged inconversation with the actors present on stage including Javed Sheikh.
Some of the social media users suggested that the envoy might be drunk atthe time.