Pakistani Islamist group calls off protests over Prophet’s cartoons

Thousands of Islamists earlier clashed with police on the main road into Pakistan’s capital city following protests over the recent use of cartoons of the Prophet in France. (Reuters)

• ‘We are calling off our protests after government signed an agreement that it will officially endorse boycotting the French products’

ISLAMABAD: An Islamist group on Tuesday called off violent protests over cartoons of Prophet Muhammad saying the Pakistani government has endorsed boycotting French products, a spokesman for the group said.
Thousands of Islamists clashed with police on the main road into Pakistan’s capital city on Monday following protests over the recent use of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in France.
“We are calling off our protests after government signed an agreement that it will officially endorse boycotting the French products,” Ejaz Ashrafi, a spokesman for the Tehrik-i-Labaik party, told Reuters by phone.