Pakistan govt surrenders before radical Islamist party, announces resolution to expel French envoy
The expulsion of the French ambassador is one of the main four demands of the radical Islamist party, which was banned last week after its members staged violent anti-France protests.
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ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Pakistan’s government on Tuesday announced to introduce a resolution in Parliament on the expulsion of the French ambassador and quash all cases filed against the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) as it reached a deal with the radical Islamist party following a marathon round of talks.
“Under a marathon round of talks and an agreement reached with the TLP, a resolution on the expulsion of the French ambassador will be presented on Tuesday in the National Assembly,” Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said in a video statement.
France Advises Citizens To Leave Pakistan After Violent Protests France Advises Citizens To Leave Pakistan After Violent Protests Anti-French sentiment has been simmering for months in Pakistan since the government of President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for a satirical magazine s right to republish cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed.
Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party throw stones at a police vehicle in Islamabad.
Islamabad:
French nationals and companies in Pakistan were advised by their embassy Thursday to temporarily leave after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts of the country.
Anti-French sentiment has been simmering for months in Pakistan since the government of President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for a satirical magazine s right to republish cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed deemed blasphemous by many Muslims.
Covid: Pakistan anti-France protests disrupt oxygen supplies for patients
AFP/Lahore, Pakistan
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Pakistan is in the grip of a deadly third wave of the coronavirus with a shortage of vaccines.
Thousands of supporters of a Pakistan Islamist party who blocked major roads to protest the arrest of their leader also disrupted critical oxygen supplies for Covid-19 patients, health officials said Tuesday.
Major intersections remained closed in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-biggest city, after the arrest on Monday of Saad Rizvi, the leader of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
Yasmin Rashid, a leading health official in Punjab, said the disruption of oxygen supplies during protests Monday night had been a “crisis”.