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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 ...

Issued on: 23/04/2021 - 16:38 French prosecutors have begun a terrorism investigation into the fatal stabbing of a French police official at her station in Rambouillet, outside Paris. Police shot and killed the attacker at the scene. Anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard told reporters that his office took over the ...

Pakistani officials on Monday said 11 policemen captured by the supporters of a radical Islamist party had been released. Party followers have vented their fury since the leader of the now-banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) — who was set to lead anti-France protests — was detained last Monday. What happened to the officers? ...

Issued on: 18/04/2021 - 16:45 Eleven Pakistani police officers seized by supporters of a radical Islamist group as part of their campaign to get the French ambassador expelled have been released, the interior minister said Monday. The officers were grabbed as hostages Sunday by supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan ...

The French community in Pakistan is torn between disbelief, fear and annoyance in reaction to their embassy’s call for them to leave the country after Francophobic rioting this week by an extremist Islamic party.Most, it seems, have decided to stay put.In a terse three-line email, accompanied by the words ...

Issued on: 17/04/2021 - 08:12Modified: 17/04/2021 - 09:46 Many French nationals have chosen to remain in Pakistan despite a warning from the embassy in Islamabad to leave, after violent anti-French protests this week by an Islamist far-right party. On Thursday, the embassy urgently recommended its nationals and French companies ...

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 ...

Issued on: 15/04/2021 - 10:46Modified: 15/04/2021 - 11:02 France's embassy in Pakistan has advised all French nationals and companies to leave the country following violent anti-French protests that paralysed parts of the country this week. "Due to the serious threats to French interests in Pakistan, French nationals and French ...

#Pakistan News Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Wednesday proposed that the government outlaw a religious political party after violence shook the streets of the country following the arrest of the radical party's leader which prompted clashes between its supporters and police forces, leaving five people dead. Saad ...

KARACHI, PakistanSupporters of a Pakistani religious party clashed with police for a second day on Tuesday, as they demanded the expulsion of a French envoy over offensive cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad.Casualties were reported as activists of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), which led an anti-France sit-in in the capital Islamabad last ...