After Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a press conference last month that insulting Prophet Muhammad is a "violation of religious freedom", Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in a call to the Russian president said Muslims supported his stand.

Putin is the first Western leader to show empathy to Muslim sentiment: Pak PM Imran Khan

Eleven Pakistani police officers seized by supporters of a radical Islamist group as part of their campaign to get the French ambassador expelled have been released, officials said on Monday.

Radical Pakistan party releases 11 police hostages after anti-France protests

An Islamist group on Tuesday called off violent protests over cartoons of Prophet Mohammad saying the Pakistani government has endorsed boycotting French products, a spokesman for the group said.

Pakistani Islamist group calls off protests over Mohammad's cartoons

The French foreign minister asserted his country’s 'profound respect for Islam' during a visit to Cairo on Sunday in a dispute over Prophet Mohammad's cartoons.

French minister, affirms respect for Islam in dispute over cartoons