ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan deplored on Monday Britain's decision to award a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world.
Rushdie was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in Queen Elizabeth's birthday honours list published on Saturday.
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