Karachi: PakistanThe interior minister said on Tuesday that the government was ready to consider the demands of a banned Islamist group that has threatened to march on the capital. IslamabadBut the French could not accept his call to expel the ambassador.
Thousands of activists of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) movement has blocked Pakistan’s busiest road, demanding the release of its leader and the expulsion of the French ambassador over publication by a satirical magazine of cartoons. Prophet Muhammad.
“We are ready for everything but their number one demand is the expulsion of the French ambassador, which is difficult for us,” Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told reporters at a press conference. We would like to request him to review it, he said.
Protesters have camped near the town of Muridke on the Grand Trunk Road leading to Islamabad, continuing a protest that sparked clashes in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday in which three policemen were killed.
He appealed to the group, which has paralyzed the capital in previous protest marches, to avoid creating a law-and-order situation in Islamabad ahead of the conference of foreign ministers of Islamic countries.
On Tuesday night, the TLP announced that it would begin its march towards the capital unless the government honors its commitment.
“If the demands are not implemented as negotiated, the TLP march will proceed from Muridke to Islamabad,” the group said in a statement.
After violent clashes in April, the authorities designated the TLP a terrorist movement and arrested its leader. saad rizwickwho has been in custody since then.
Thousands of activists of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) movement has blocked Pakistan’s busiest road, demanding the release of its leader and the expulsion of the French ambassador over publication by a satirical magazine of cartoons. Prophet Muhammad.
“We are ready for everything but their number one demand is the expulsion of the French ambassador, which is difficult for us,” Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told reporters at a press conference. We would like to request him to review it, he said.
Protesters have camped near the town of Muridke on the Grand Trunk Road leading to Islamabad, continuing a protest that sparked clashes in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday in which three policemen were killed.
He appealed to the group, which has paralyzed the capital in previous protest marches, to avoid creating a law-and-order situation in Islamabad ahead of the conference of foreign ministers of Islamic countries.
On Tuesday night, the TLP announced that it would begin its march towards the capital unless the government honors its commitment.
“If the demands are not implemented as negotiated, the TLP march will proceed from Muridke to Islamabad,” the group said in a statement.
After violent clashes in April, the authorities designated the TLP a terrorist movement and arrested its leader. saad rizwickwho has been in custody since then.
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