The resolution called on the French government and the owners of Charlie Hebdo to apologise. PHOTO: PPI
The lawyers’ wing of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) unanimously adopted a resolution on Saturday condemning the publication of offensive caricatures by French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The resolution was moved at a meeting of the forum at the Muslim League House.
Advocate Alamgir, the president of the forum, chaired the meeting. The resolution urged the government to immediately expel the French ambassador in response to the publication of blasphemous caricatures.
It called on the French government and the owners of Charlie Hebdo to apologise for hurting the sentiments of Muslims worldwide.
Those present on the occasion also condemned the police’s attempt to break a protest demonstration against the transferring of a trust-run school in Lahore to the government on Thursday.
A child was injured in the protest.
Prayers were also offered for King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. Scores of lawyers including Jehangir Jhoja, Chaudhry Abdul Razzaq Kamboh, Israr Elahi Malik, Rafay Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Younis Abid, Barakullah Khan, Ehtesham Mirza, Muhammad Iqbal, Ishtiaq Gohar, Inayatullah Sira, Imran Shirazi, Mujtaba Kazmi, Amir Saeed Raan, Muhammad Binyamin Khalil, Arshad Qureshi, Muhammad Waheed Zahid, Aqeel Chaudhry, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Babar, Azmat Zia, Nayyer Ahmad Anjum, Muhammad Khalid, Muhammad Nauman, Ilyas Jhummat and Shahid Daihar were present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2015.
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