Pakistani president cancels visit to Nigeria over Boko Haram attacks. Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain has called off a planned visit to Nigeria after a deadly bomb killed at least 75 people in the Nigerian capital Abuja this week. Mr. Hussain was scheduled to begin a three-day visit to Abuja on Monday, but the trip was cancelled amid security concerns, diplomatic officials told PREMIUM TIMES Friday. The Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ahmed Sirohey, confirmed the trip has been suspended but denied the decision was connected to security fears in Nigeria. But senior officials of the Pakistani embassy in Nigeria told PREMIUM TIMES the decision was taken in direct response to Nigeria’s increasing security troubles that have seen more than 100 people killed since Monday, and 129 school girls abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants. The cancellation of the Pakistani president’s trip is another blow to Nigeria’s struggling image abroad, further badly dented this week by the government’s handling of the abduction of schoolgirls in the north-eastern state of Bornu. Pakistan itself faces some of the world’s most horrific terrorist insurgency with a decade-old struggle against the Taliban. ~ Premium Times.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 00:59:19 +0000
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