The Pak government has announced a national holiday on Friday to protest against the American anti-Islam that has caused an outrage throughout the Moslem world.The federal cabinet decided to make Friday an official "day of expression of love for the prophet" after discussing the "Innocence of Moslems" movie, which has triggered more than a week of violent protests across the Islamic world, a senior government official said.
The move came after religious parties called for a day of protest on Friday to denounce the film.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik
Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship.
, while speaking to media representatives earlier today, said that the Pakistain People's Party (PPP) would join protestors in their demonstrations.
The head of the Sunni Tehrik
...formed in Karachi in 1992 under by Muhammad Saleem Qadri. It quickly fell to trading fisticuffs and liquidations with the MQM and the Sipah-e-Sahaba, with at least a half dozen of its major leaders rubbed out. Sunni Tehreek arose to become the primary opposition to the Deobandi Binori Mosque, headed by Nizamuddin Shamzai, who was eventually bumped off by person or persons unknown. ST's current leadership has heavily criticized the Deobandi Jihadi leaders, accusing them of being sponsored by Indian Intelligence agencies as well as involvement in terrorist activities...
religious party on Monday urged people across the country to close their businesses and hold rallies against the film, which was made in the United States.
Sources said traders and transporters associations in the largest city and commercial hub Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
had backed the call.
Around 500 protesting lawyers broke through a gate to Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave on Wednesday, chanting anti-US slogans and castigating the Pakistain government for its "criminal silence" over the film.
The film has fueled outrage across the Moslem world, with more than 30 people have been killed around the world during more than a week of attacks and violent protests linked to the controversial film. Pakistain, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have all blocked access to YouTube, following the video-sharing website's failure to take down the movie.