ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday while expressing grief over the killing of a Pakistani-origin family in Canada said the world needed to act holistically to counter Islamophobia.

“Saddened to learn of the killing of a Muslim Pakistani-origin Canadian family in London, Ontario”, he wrote in a tweet.

“This condemnable act of terrorism reveals the growing Islamophobia in Western countries”, he stressed.

According to the Canadian police, the family killed in a hit-and-run incident was targeted for being Muslim. The family had emigrated from Pakistan to Canada 14 years ago.