'Foreigners only' French restaurant draws flak in Islamabad.Byline: ANI London, Sep.5 (ANI): A French restaurant in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has drawn severe flak after it put up a notice saying 'foreigners only'. Islamabad police said it has also received complaints regarding such notice being put at the front window of the Cordon cor·don n. 1. A line of people, military posts, or ships stationed around an area to enclose or guard it. 2. A cord or braid worn as a fastening or ornament. 3. Rouge restaurant, which is situated close to embassies and government buildings in the city's heavily guarded diplomatic enclave enclave /en·clave/ (en´klav) tissue detached from its normal connection and enclosed within another organ. en·clave n. A detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind. . However, the owner of the food joint, Jean-Luc Hue brushed aside the accusations, saying the notice has been 'misunderstood'. Hue admitted that he fumbled with the selection of words for the notice. "This is just a misunderstanding. I only put the sign up for the month of Ramadan," The BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. quoted Hue, as saying. "Since it was not worth it for them to come after the fast breaks (at sunset), I decided to put up the sign, but some people didn't appreciate it," he added. Hue also rejected allegations that his restaurant had something of an 'anti-Pakistani' entrance policy even before Ramadan. "Yes, we were very selective with the people entering our place, but you have to be selective in the restaurant business," he clarified. He insisted that his policy has nothing to do with race or nationality, his main consideration is the way customers behave. "We have respectable diplomats Some famous diplomats include: Afghanistan
"I'm a restaurant owner restaurant owner n → dueño/a or propietario/a de un restaurante , and I want to have a business.Pakistanis are more than welcome. Why would I refuse Pakistanis when I need them for my business?" Hue stressed. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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