Pakistan Government on Wednesday promised not to amend the country’s controversial blasphemy laws to end a major stand-off with thousands of Islamists who had besieged the capital city for four days, demanding “martyrdom” for the assassin of Punjab’s liberal Governor Salman Taseer.
The protest leaders held talks with the Government representatives which were “successful”, paving way for ending the protests peacefully without any bloodshed or violence, State-run Pakistan Television reported.
Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan told reporters that protestors have called off the demonstrations after talks with Government officials. “We will take the opposition parties and parliament into confidence about banning protests in Red Zone in Islamabad,” he said.