Imran Khan's call comes as Pakistan sees days of violent protests by the recently banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik group, which wants the French ambassador to the country ousted over President Macron's stance against Islam.
The now-banned hardline TLP wants Islamabad to expel the French Ambassador over the issue of blasphemous cartoons.
Over a dozen Pakistan police officers and special rangers were taken hostage by supporters of a radical hardline group, after days of violent anti-France protests.
Managing a withdrawal, and its fallout, will be a bigger challenge than the invasion.
A town in the Khyber district of northwestern Pakistan is home to hundreds of caves where women and their families live in grim conditions.
The ban, instated until 1100 GMT on YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Telegram, comes as government tries to stem days of anti-French protests by supporters of now-banned far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
Authorities reportedly deploy paramilitary forces to major cities and issue instructions to restrict internet in capital's sensitive areas as protesters demand the release of a party leader and expulsion of France's envoy from Pakistan.
In South Asia, the word curry doesn’t really describe much, but is rather an anglicised version of an indigenous word which doesn’t mean ‘curry’.
Angry protesters in major cities reacted after police arrested Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan leader Saad Rizvi for threatening to hold protests if the government did not expel French ambassador over depictions of Prophet Muhammad.
Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan party leader Saad Hussain Rizvi was detained after threatening the government with protests if it did not expel France's ambassador over depictions of Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
The quest of one girl to fulfil her passion saw more than 200 women and girls empowered to take to the streets of Karachi on their motorbikes and realise their dreams.
Rehman campaigned at personal risk for amendments to country’s controversial blasphemy laws that domestic and international rights groups say are often used to intimidate religious minorities.
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