ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The British Deputy Head of Mission, Matt Cannell, was summoned to the Foreign Office to protest the incident in the UK.

Sources say that the British High Commissioner Jane Marriott was not in the country at the time, due to which the Foreign Office issued a demarche to the British Acting High Commissioner.

This demarche was issued to the British Deputy Head of Mission in response to the protest outside the Pakistani Consulate in the British city of Bradford.

The protesters in Bradford threatened the CDF Asim Munir with death, and it was said that he would be killed in a car bomb explosion.

The Pakistani government has taken strict notice of these threats made from British soil and has stressed that the UK should not allow its soil to be used to destabilize Pakistan.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Hussain also confirmed the issuance of a demarche to the British Acting Head of Mission.

PTI–foreign nexus in the UK

The nexus between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and foreign elements in the UK has put the implementation of international laws and counter-terrorism requirements to a serious test.

According to reports, PTI has ignored all moral, legal, and international boundaries while promoting an anti-Pakistan agenda to achieve its political interests.

For a long time, the soil of the UK has been used by some fugitive YouTubers and miscreants associated with the PTI for systematic propaganda against Pakistan and the Pakistani Armed Forces, allegedly under foreign patronage.

In the same vein, on December 23, 2025, a very provocative and inciting video was released from the official X (formerly Twitter) account of PTI UK.

Earlier, a video surfaced online, in which PTI protesters present on British soil can be seen openly threatening to kill a Field Marshal by means of a car bomb.

A woman in the video made a highly provocative statement that anyone could kill a field marshal in a car bomb blast. According to experts, this behavior neither falls under the category of freedom of expression nor can it be considered within the limits of political dissent, but is directly tantamount to encouraging terrorism and inciting violence.

What is most worrying is that social media troll networks affiliated with the PTI not only widely circulated this video but also shared it on the party’s official social media accounts, which is being considered an indirect endorsement of this provocation.

According to legal experts, such threatening and violent speeches in the UK are a clear violation of international law.

Under UN Security Council Resolution 1373, member states have an obligation to take effective measures to prevent terrorism, incitement to terrorism, financing, or any form of support.

Similarly, the UK’s Counter-Terrorism Act 2006 makes encouraging terrorism and inciting violence a serious criminal offence.