Teddy bears and heart shaped cushions are displayed for sale along a roadside ahead of Valentine's Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 12, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - President Mamnoon Hussain has urged Pakistanis not to observe Valentine's Day, the romantic holiday that hardline Muslim clerics want banned but officials in the capital say they cannot suppress.
The president criticised Valentine's Day, which falls on Sunday this year, as a Western import that threatens to undermine the Islamic values of Pakistan.
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