Tag: cartoons

A police car crash that resulted in the death of cartoonist Lars Vilks and two others last year was an accident, Swedish authorities confirmed Wednesday. What did the Swedish government say? The Swedish government determined the crash in October in Markaryd was a "tragic accident" and authorities ended the probe into the ...

KARACHI, PakistanPakistan lifted a ban on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Sunday following an agreement reached last week between the government and the far-right political party that brought an end to violent nationwide protests calling for the expulsion of the French ambassador.The ban was removed by the federal Cabinet in a ...

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 74%. (I'm a bot)LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 27 - Four Pakistani police were killed and hundreds wounded when armed activists from a banned Islamist group clashed with security forces at a anti-blasphemy demonstration near the eastern city of Lahore, ...

Pakistan’s government on Wednesday said it would launch a crackdown against a banned Islamist group that has been agitating for the expulsion of the French ambassador and the release of its jailed leader.Following a Cabinet meeting, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the radical Tehreek-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) group would now ...

Four Pakistani police were killed and hundreds wounded when armed activists from a banned Islamist group clashed with security forces at a anti-blasphemy demonstration near the eastern city of Lahore, officials said.The clash broke out at a rally of the banned Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) on a highway in Sheikhupura, ...

Police in Spain have arrested three people on suspicion of encouraging terrorist attacks against France after the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo republished cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in September last year. The EU’s law enforcement agency Europol said on Thursday it had helped Spanish police smash the so-called “terrorist ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had hoped a fight over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed would result in an easy win – placating the ultraconservative quarters at home while being hailed as a defender of Islam abroad.The gamble seems to have backfired spectacularly. For the past week, riots have ...

ISLAMABAD AND KARACHI: Unrest has gripped Pakistan since April 12 when Saad Rizvi, leader of the recently outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), was arrested in Lahore for threatening a campaign of civil disobedience against the government unless it expelled the French ambassador over the re-publication last year in France of ...

The French embassy in Pakistan on Thursday advised all French nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country, after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts of the country this week.“Due to the serious threats to French interests in Pakistan, French nationals and French companies are advised to temporarily leave ...

ISLAMABAD - Thousands of Pakistani Islamists clashed with police for a second day on Tuesday in protest against the arrest of their leader ahead of rallies denouncing French cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, officials said.At least one activist and one police officer died from wounds suffered overnight after Islamists ...