Pakistan strongly condemns blasphemous remarks by BJP leader
State lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, T Raja Singh. — Courtesy The Quint ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned on Wednesday the highly provocative and sacrilegious remarks made against the Holy Prophet (PBUH) by another leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the blasphemous remarks made by Raja Singh, a BJP official and a member of the state legislative assembly of the Indian state of Telangana. This is the second time in the last three months that a senior BJP leader has made disrespectful comments against the Holy Prophet (PBUH), he added. The spokesperson said that these highly derogatory remarks have gravely hurt the feelings of the people of Pakistan and billions of Muslims around the world. The token and perfunctory disciplinary action taken by the BJP against the said official cannot assuage the pain and anguish ca