Protests in Pakistan after Islamist leader's arrest
Police arrested the party leader who had been calling for public protests targeting France and the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine attacked in 2015.
Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) throw stones at police during anti-France protests in Lahore
Police in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday arrested Saad Rizvi, the leader of an influential far-right Islamist party, to "maintain law and order," said Ghulam Mohammad Dogar, chief of Lahore police.
Rizvi, who heads the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) party, is demanding that the government expel the French ambassador over depictions of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad published in the French satirical magazine