ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s government will seek a vote in parliament on Tuesday to expel the French ambassador after violent anti-France protests by Islamists, the interior minister said.
The expulsion is one of the main four demands of a radical Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) group, that has been protesting for over a week over cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad.
Pakistan on Monday opened talks with the group.
“After long negotiations with TLP, this has been agreed that we will table a resolution in parliament today to expel French ambassador,” said the minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad in a video recorded statement.
(Reporting by Asif Shahzad; Editing by Kim Coghill)
