Morsi death sentence: Egypt protests Pakistan criticism

Egypt summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires to protest at Islamabad's criticism of the death sentence handed down to ousted president Mohamed Morsi, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Egypt denounces any "interference in its internal affairs which casts a shadow on relations between the two countries," the ministry said in a statement a day after summoning Mohamed Eijaz.
The sentence was criticised by human rights groups, the United States and the European Union, as well as Pakistan. "The dispensation of justice must be based on the principles of equity and fairness," Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement issued on May 19. "This is all the more important when political prisoners especially a former elected president, who was ousted from office, is brought before the court of law."