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Religious groups in Pakistan staged rallies across the country on Friday to protest over the Britain's heinous decision to decorate Salman Rushdie with knighthood.
Demonstrators in some parts burnt effigies of Rushdie and British flags.
Some protesters called on the government to expel the British high commissioner, and some even called for breaking diplomatic ties if the British government did not withdraw the title.
The speakers said Britain has hurt the religious sentiments of more than one billion Muslims.
Muslims are really into this billion business, aren't they?
Traders in Lahore announced a reward of 15 million rupees for anyone who kills Salman Rushdie.
The announcement was made during a protest by traders at Press Club.
In Karachi hundreds of political activists, traders and students rallied against the British government's move.
The Chief Minister of southern province of Sindh, Arbab Ghulamrahim, on Thursday announced returning of medals won by his grandfather and other relatives to the British high commission.
Rallies were also staged in major cities Quetta, Peshawar, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Multan, Fisalabad, Rawalpindi and Dera Ismail Khan.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani National Assembly on Friday passed its second resolution to condemn the move.
"The British government has not withdrawn the title which has not only disappointed the entire Pakistani nation but has also hurt it," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Niazi told the Assembly.
I am always interested in the word "hurt" in these contexts. Is the desire to put someone in his place called "hurt"?
"This house again calls on the British government and its Prime Minister Tony Blair to immediately withdraw the title... and tender an apology to the Muslim world."
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