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Pakistan Reaches Agreement To End Violent Rally

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Pakistan’s government has reached an agreement with the outlawed far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party, putting an end to a 10-day protest that resulted in violent clashes.Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and religious leader Mufti Muneebur Rehman took part in the talks but did not share any details of the agreement at a news conference in the capital, Islamabad.The group is also demanding the expulsion of France’s ambassador for the publication of a series of caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.