Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende confirmed Friday that Pakistan has demanded the Netherlands to take legal action in the matter of the controversial film about the Koran made by legislator Geert Wilders according to Deutsche Presse-agentur dpa. Speaking on a Dutch current affairs programme, Balkenende said the Dutch ambassador in Islamabad had been called in by the Pakistani authorities, who described the film titled Fitna as "unnecessarily offensive" to Muslims. Asked if this meant the Dutch public prosecutor will speed up its efforts to investigate whether Fitna violates Dutch anti-discrimination laws, Balkenende said "the Netherlands is a constitutional state and will follow its own pace and procedures."
