KARACHI: North Korean embassy in Pakistan has accused the country's tax authorities of assaulting a diplomat and his wife, accusing armed officials of breaking into their Karachi home and holding guns to their heads. A written complaint addressed to the chief of Pakistan's Excise and Taxation department demanded action against the officials warning that the incident could seriously impact diplomatic relations.
The letter described that at least 10 armed men from the department burst into the diplomat's Karachi home on April 9 and attacked him and his wife, dragging her by the hair and hitting both of them in the faces. The letter also alleged that they shot at photographs of the couple. “This is a very serious issue and we have set up a high-powered investigating team to probe into the allegations framed by the Korean embassy,” said Shoaib Siddiqui, chief of the department. “We will examine the CCTV film so that we can identify the men,” he added.
Both the countries are infamously linked by the father of Pak's nuclear bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan. They even share the same ally, China.
