On Thursday, the Foreign Office expressed regret for the “interference” that some foreign missions in Pakistan had caused by making comments about the Baloch demonstrators, stating that Pakistan was more than capable of managing its domestic affairs. At a weekly news briefing, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated that Pakistan’s Constitution protected its citizens the right to free speech and that the country has legislation in place to handle such instances internally. The comment from the spokesman was made in response to a query regarding the recent tweets that the ambassadors of the European Union and Norway posted in Pakistan, expressing their “concerns” about the alleged abuse of Baloch protestors in Islamabad. “It is unfortunate that foreign embassies are interfering in Pakistan,” the speaker remarked, stressing that her nation was dedicated to upholding the rights of its citizens.