Pakistan Anti-French Protests – Is Pakistan on the way to become a Talibani state?
Recently, strong anti-French sentiments are growing in Pakistan ever since French President Emmanuel Macron defended the publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad and pledged to fight “Islamist separatism”. Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi with his supporters took to the streets to launch violent protests with an aim to force the Imran Khan-led government to expel the French ambassador and ban French products in the country.
However the government banned Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) on Thursday following three days of violent protests. The TLP supporters clashed with the law enforcement agencies in several towns and cities earlier this week, leaving seven persons dead and over 300 policemen injured. The TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi was arrested...