ISLAMABAD, May 7: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Friday the Pakistan government should demand an unconditional apology from the US government for desecration of Holy Quran by US army at its Guantanamo Bay prison camp where suspected Muslim terrorists are kept. “Islam is under attack in the name of war on terror,” he told reporters at his party office here, announcing that he had tabled an adjournment motion in the National Assembly for condemning the despicable act.

Mr Khan said the Newsweek magazine has reported in its current isssue the way US army tortures and humiliates Muslim prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay without trial.

Since Pakistan was acting as a frontline state in the US-led war on terror, Islamabad should seek an apology from Washington, he said.

Demanding urgent debate in the lower house, Mr Khan stated in the adjournment motion that the desecration of the Holy Quran a matter of utmost importance that has grievously injured the feelings of Muslims.

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