ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Sunday that he was aggrieved over the growing trend of intolerance, adding that it would put the country on the path to destruction.
In a statement, the president said that the dissent should not go beyond the limit of politeness.
He said that if there was no aspect of respect in difference of opinion then the society would fall victim to violence.
The president’s to the ongoing trend of hurling things at political leaders during their press conferences.
Earlier on Sunday, a former seminary student hurled a shoe at former premier Nawaz Sharif during an event at Jamia Naeemia in Garhi Shahu area of Lahore.
On Saturday, a person threw ink at Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif while he was addressing a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) convention.
Last month, a man hurled a shoe at Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal while he was addressing a workers’ convention in Narowal.
Following the shoe-attack on Nawaz and the other attacks, a number of politicians came forth with condemnations. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also denounced the attack.
