Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday said that the government would present a resolution in the National Assembly seeking expulsion of the French envoy and withdraw cases against members of banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
A government delegation, comprising the interior minister, Minister for Religious Affairs Dr Noorul Haq Qadri, SAPM Tahir Ashrafi, Governor Punjab Mohammad Sarwar and Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat, held talks with members of the proscribed group in Lahore.
The interior minister, in a video statement, said the protests across Pakistan, including the one outside the headquarters of the religiopolitical group, will end.
Rashid said he would hold a press conference sometime later today to share details. “Talks will continue with them.”
He said that all cases, including those filed under the fourth schedule, against the members of banned TLP will also be withdrawn.
Earlier, Geo News sources said that the resolution would not be tabled by the government. “The NA will debate whether to expel the French envoy or not.”
Ministers hold third round of talks
On Monday, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the second round of talks between the Punjab government and the outlawed TLP had concluded, hours after the first round was successful.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed, earlier in the day, had announced that 11 policemen, who were taken hostage in Lahore by the banned party had been released after negotiations carried out by the Punjab government.
In a video statement, the interior minister said the “first round of talks” concluded in a “successful manner” after which the policemen were released and the protesters had gone inside the Masjid Rehmatulil Alameen.
Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar and Law Minister Raja Basharat represented the government in the second round of talks, the information minister said.
