World must counter Islamophobia ‘holistically’: PM

ISLAMABAD, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressing grief over the killing of a Pakistani-origin family in Canada said the world needed to act holistically to counter Islamophobia.

,”Saddened to learn of the killing of a Muslim Pakistani-origin Canadian family in London, Ontario” he wrote in a tweet.

“This condemnable act of terrorism reveals the growing Islamophobia in Western countries,” he stressed.

According to the Canadian police, the family killed in a hit-and-run incident was targeted for being Muslim. The family had immigrated from Pakistan to Canada 14 years ago.

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