Second round of talks between Punjab govt, banned outfit TLP conclude
Pakistan
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry address a press conference in Islamabad on April 1, 2021. — APP/File
The Punjab government and proscribed organisation Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan's (TLP) second round of talks concluded on Monday, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said a few hours after the first round of negotiations were held earlier during the day.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed 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 had 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.