Sharif heckled during speech at US think-tank

October 23, 2015 21:21

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was today heckled by a protester who demanded to free the restive Balochistan province where activists say army is engaged in abductions, torture and killings.

As Sharif began delivering his address at the US Institute of Peace, a prominent independent think-tank here, a protester raised slogans including "Free Balochistan" besides calling him a "friend of (Osama) Bin Laden".

The man was also holding a poster that read "Free Balochistan".

He was taken out of the auditorium by the security forces following the incident that forced the visiting premier, Sharif, to pause briefly and then resume his address.

65-year-old Sharif, currently on his second bilateral visit to the US, yesterday met US President Barack Obama and held wide-ranging talks.

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