Meanwhile, Pakistan's parliament yesterday passed a resolution condemning the drawings as "blasphemous and derogatory" while Danish products are being boycotted in West Asia. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in New York yesterday that freedom of the press should not be an excuse for insulting religions, and expressed concern over the controversy. In KOTA BAHARU, the Malaysian Indian Muslims Congress (Kimma) Saturday called on the Jyllands-Posten daily in Denmark to apologize to Islamic countries for having published the caricatures. Its national president, Amir Amsaa Alla Pitchay, said in a statement faxed to the Bernama bureau there that the caricatures were published with evil intention and disregard for the sensitivities of Muslims. --SPA 11 38 Local Time 08 38 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/323485