Pakistan’s Parliament is expected to consider a resolution on Tuesday about whether the French envoy should be expelled over the publication of controversial cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet, testing whether the government gives in to threats from radical Islamists.
Under the resolution, cases against Islamists over deadly anti-France protests would be withdrawn, the country’s interior minister said.
The fate of the resolution was unclear, but Parliament’s mere discussion of the matter would be a test of whether Prime Minister Imran Khan succumbs to pressure from the hardline - and outlawed - Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan party.
Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, Pakistan’s interior minister, announced the proposal in a video message after overnight talks with representatives of the party, which has been rallying since last week for the expulsion of the French ambassador....
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