Pakistanis offended after China’s Cultural Counsellor of Chinese embassy in Pakistan tweets asking women to remove hijab to ‘see their eyes’

China’s Cultural Counsellor in Pakistan, Zhang Heqing on Saturday tweeted a video of a Chinese girl dancing with a caption urging women to remove their hijab so he could see their eyes.

https://twitter.com/zhang_heqing/status/1368244795878080516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Hijab is an Islamic veil worn by women in presence of male outside of their family. Many consider it is a symbol of oppression.

Heqing’s tweet, however, did not go down too well, especially with Pakistanis.

https://twitter.com/ash1_khan/status/1368245351572979716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Many Pakistanis pointed out that this tweet of his might have damaged the Pakistan-China relationship.

https://twitter.com/Gladiiattor/status/1368484853356711936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Some even asked him to respect the Pakistani culture.

https://twitter.com/ayaz786raja/status/1368490664548270083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Many Pakistanis also urged fellow Pakistanis to report Heqing’s tweet.

https://twitter.com/andlibAli6/status/1368486993521479680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Some Pakistanis urged the authorities to take action against the Chinese national residing in Pakistan and insulting Islam.

https://twitter.com/tariqyahya/status/1368494980055044098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Heqing has time and again indulged in amplifying anti-India fake and misleading news, most recently during the Ladakh standoff in June 2020.