Labour has demanded the Conservatives ditch an election candidate in Glasgow after he repeatedly called for politicians in Pakistan to be hanged.
The Record revealed how Tariq Parvez also insulted the ex-wife of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan by saying she should apply for a job at Playboy.
The Tory candidate is vying to become one of the city’s next councillors for the Southside Central ward.
But historic social media posts about the tense political situation in Pakistan have raised questions about his judgement.
In November 2014, he called for named public figures to be killed: “Niwaz, Zardari, Disel & Wali Khan son must be hanged in public.”
Malcolm Cunning, the Labour leader on Glasgow City Council, has now called on the Conservatives to drop Parvez as a candidate.
He told the Record: "While the Scottish Tories are right to call Mr Parvez's comments 'unacceptable' actions speak louder than words.
"For all the Tories' hand-wringing, a man who called for politicians to be murdered is still their representative in Glasgow.
"This makes a mockery of the Tories' claim to have zero-tolerance for such behaviour and shows a party in disarray.
"The time for words is over - the Tories must act now to drop this candidate and expel him from their ranks."
In another tweet, Parvez took aim at Reham Khan, who had written a memoir about her marriage to her former spouse.
After she criticised the health policy record of the party founded by Imran Khan, Parvez responded to her directly:
“You are disgrace to women. Language used in your book edited by your son is disgusting. You should apply for a job in playboy magazine.”
Parvez, whose Twitter account features a “let’s clean up Glasgow” backdrop”, also publicly praised Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in 2017: “Anas is rising star of British politics.”
He last night apologised after the Record raised his historic tweets.
Parvez said: “I apologise for making such awful remarks. This was a serious mistake and I am very sorry. It will be deleted immediately and I promise it will not happen again.”
A spokesman for the Scottish Conservatives said they had spoken to the candidate and accepted his apology.
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