A Pakistani Urdu newspaper ‘Parcham’ is in the eye of a storm for running an abusive article against India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the piece, the weekly publication called Modi “son of a whore” and also slammed the PM for escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

PM Modi with his mother

The report grabbed eyeballs after a Pakistani journalist living in France posted a clipping of the newspaper on his Twitter account. The scribe condemned the paper for “hate-mongering” and urged the Pakistan government to take action against the publication. Many other Twitter users, including some Pakistanis, lambasted the newspaper for what was generally perceived as a disgusting piece of journalism.

#Wtf!!! Is this for real?! A headline in an Urdu newspaper in Pakistan refers to @narendramodi as the son of a prostitute. The govt must stop such hate mongering and take action. pic.twitter.com/jPU8bW3ZDd — Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) March 29, 2019

The relations between India and Pakistan soured dramatically the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel. India retaliated with air-strikes on the Jaish-E-Mohammed training camps situated just in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), greatly escalating cross-border tensions.