Pakistan’s Awami National Party, a central government coalition partner, distanced itself from a minister who promised a bounty to kill the maker of an anti- Islam film that has sparked protests in the Muslim world.

The threat isn’t in keeping with the party’s policy of non- violence, Zahid Khan, a party spokesman, said in a phone interview from Peshawar today. Federal Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour yesterday told reporters that he would pay $100,000 to have the movie producer killed, according to local media outlets, including the Dawn newspaper.