<p>Pakistan's far-right Jamaat-e-Islami has said it will bring together a million people on Friday to protest against a French satirical weekly, even as an uneasy calm prevailed here a day after four persons were injured in violent protests over a cartoon considered un-Islamic.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At least four people, including a photojournalist of AFP news agency, were injured in a bloody showdown between thousands of supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing and police yesterday when the protesters tried to enter the French consulate here.<br /><br />Three other persons, including a TV cameraman, were injured by tear gas shells fired by the police.<br /><br />The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq announced yesterday to bring together nearly one million people on the streets on Friday to denounce the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad, considered un-Islamic by Muslims.<br /><br />Hafiz Saeed, the chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa - a wing of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba which masterminded the 2008 attacks in Mumbai - has announced another protest for tomorrow in Lahore.<br /><br />The protests yesterday were against a controversial cartoon in the satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'.<br /><br />During the showdown, a bullet struck the photojournalist's lung and passed through his chest but he is stated to be out of danger and recuperating at the Aga Khan University Hospital here, a paramedic from the hospital told PTI.<br /><br />The other injured persons had minor injuries and were allowed to go home after treatment.<br /><br />The satirical weekly republished the contents on Wednesday after an attack on its office in Paris by two gunmen last week in which 12 people, including journalists, were killed.<br /><br />Pakistan has already condemned the cartoons and asked various groups protesting in the country to remain peaceful.<br /><br />Muslims worldwide protested yesterday against the magazine, which has sold more than three million copies of its first edition since the attack on its office last week.<br /><br />The deadliest rallies were observed in Zinder, the second largest city of Niger, where four people were killed and 45 injured.<br /><br />The situation, however, was relatively peaceful as compared to protests against 'Innocence of Muslims' movie in 2012, during which at least 50 people were killed across the Muslim countries. <br /></p>
<p>Pakistan's far-right Jamaat-e-Islami has said it will bring together a million people on Friday to protest against a French satirical weekly, even as an uneasy calm prevailed here a day after four persons were injured in violent protests over a cartoon considered un-Islamic.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At least four people, including a photojournalist of AFP news agency, were injured in a bloody showdown between thousands of supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing and police yesterday when the protesters tried to enter the French consulate here.<br /><br />Three other persons, including a TV cameraman, were injured by tear gas shells fired by the police.<br /><br />The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq announced yesterday to bring together nearly one million people on the streets on Friday to denounce the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad, considered un-Islamic by Muslims.<br /><br />Hafiz Saeed, the chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa - a wing of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba which masterminded the 2008 attacks in Mumbai - has announced another protest for tomorrow in Lahore.<br /><br />The protests yesterday were against a controversial cartoon in the satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'.<br /><br />During the showdown, a bullet struck the photojournalist's lung and passed through his chest but he is stated to be out of danger and recuperating at the Aga Khan University Hospital here, a paramedic from the hospital told PTI.<br /><br />The other injured persons had minor injuries and were allowed to go home after treatment.<br /><br />The satirical weekly republished the contents on Wednesday after an attack on its office in Paris by two gunmen last week in which 12 people, including journalists, were killed.<br /><br />Pakistan has already condemned the cartoons and asked various groups protesting in the country to remain peaceful.<br /><br />Muslims worldwide protested yesterday against the magazine, which has sold more than three million copies of its first edition since the attack on its office last week.<br /><br />The deadliest rallies were observed in Zinder, the second largest city of Niger, where four people were killed and 45 injured.<br /><br />The situation, however, was relatively peaceful as compared to protests against 'Innocence of Muslims' movie in 2012, during which at least 50 people were killed across the Muslim countries. <br /></p>