New Delhi: A Pakistani Army colonel has tried to convert UN mission employees into Islam in Congo and Internal inquiry ordered.
According to the report of Media – Colonel Saqib Mushtaqi is a contingent deputy commander part of United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The General Headquarters (GHQ) has initiated an internal inquiry into the incident but it is not clear what action will be taken against the Pakistani official.
However Islam is a minority religion in the Central African country and as per the reports and the colonel approached a few Christian UN mission employees and asked them to convert to Islam.
According to media report since the arrival of the UN mission in 1999, Pakistani officials have actively promoted “their brand of Islam in eastern Congo and Pakistani officials promoting Islam in eastern Congo.”
In 2012, two Pakistani peacekeepers were accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in Haiti and then Pakistani military tribunal in Haiti sacked them from the army and sentenced the duo to a year in prison.
According to the US media report, earlier Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram was accused of domestic violence by his partner and the case was settled out of the court and no charges were pressed on Akram due to his diplomatic immunity.
_Vinayak