ISLAMABAD – The government has decided to table a resolution on theexpulsion of the French ambassador in the National Assembly today, InteriorMinister announced Tuesday.

Taking the announcement to his official Twitter handle, Rashid said thatthe decision was taken after another round of talks with the outlawedTehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). The government delegation, including theinterior minister, Minister for Religious Affairs, SAPM Tahir Ashrafi,Governor Punjab, and Punjab Law Minister, held talks with TLP members inthe Punjab capital.

He further added that the banned outfit had also agreed to call offprotests across Pakistan while cases against TLP workers under the FourthSchedule will also be dismissed.

Meanwhile, the right-wing party has four demands on which they negotiatedwith government officials. First is the expulsion of the French envoy overblasphemous caricatures, second the release of Saad Rizvi. Third, theremoval of the ban on TLP, and fourth is to the release of all activists.

On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the government and thebanned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) are on the same page regarding theprotection of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)’s honour, but the methods aredifferent.

Expelling the France ambassador is not the way out, he stressed in anaddress to the nation. The West has made this an issue of freedom of speechand if we send back the French ambassador, some other European country willfollow the same, he said. He said that if Pakistan starts sending backambassadors of different countries, the economy will suffer, but it wouldnot make a difference to France or any other country.