Pakistan Angry With France On The Prophet’s Cartoon
Pakistan angry with France on the Prophet’s cartoon, demonstrations on the streets against Emmanuel Macron.
Four months after the controversy over the Prophet’s cartoon, Pakistan remains in a tizzy with France.
According to the newspaper Le Figaro, published from Paris, this led to protests against French President Emmanuel Macron on the streets of Pakistan.
Protests organized by Pakistan’s fiercely radical party Tehreek-e-Labak Pakistan (TLP) demanded the French ambassador to be fired, end relations with France, and boycott French goods.
Pakistan angry with France: Recently Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that his government will place the demands of TLP in Parliament before 20 April.
The TLP has threatened to picket in Islamabad if the demands are not met.
According to an LC Palace source, the decision of the Government of Pakistan to take the matter to Parliament has been taken seriously. The LC Palace is the official residence of the President of France.
The newspaper quoted a source as saying that derogatory personal comments were made against Macros during protests in Pakistan. It was taken very seriously.
Now the Government of Pakistan wants to put the question of the removal of the Ambassador in Parliament. It has also been taken very seriously.
India in support of Iraq urges the UN to monitor the election.
Iraq has urged the United Nations to monitor the parliamentary election to be held in October, whose request has been supported by India. On 19 January, the Iraqi government has approved to hold elections on 10 October.
The last parliamentary election in Iraq was held on May 12, 2018. India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti, discussed the situation in Iraq on Tuesday at the UN Security Council.
He told that parliamentary elections in Iraq are to be held in October. This is an excellent opportunity to strengthen the roots of democracy in the country.
Let us know that Iraq’s Independent High Election Commission (IHC) has sent an invitation to the embassies of 52 countries to monitor the country’s elections.
An election official gave this information to the media. IHC spokeswoman Jumana Al-Ghalai reported that the Commission’s law allows international observers to oversee the election process to ensure transparency of the election, Xinhua reported.
This October election will decide 328 members of the Representative Council, who in turn will elect a new President and Prime Minister.
Explain that the role of the United Nations in elections is only to monitor the electoral process, not to supervise or to run it.
