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The National Security Council of Pakistan has met to discuss the protest march launched by the militant banned outfit Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar also chaired a meeting on the same issue. Shortly before the two meetings began on Friday, Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudry announced that a crackdown against the TLP social media activists had been launched. In a separate development, police in Lahore registered cases against the banned organization. Earlier on Thursday, Chaudry had told a press conference that the government planned to take off gloves while dealing with the TLP, which, he said, was a militant organization, not a politica.
Key highlights Another round of government-TLP negotiations begin in IslamabadThe banned TLP to be treated as a militant organizationRangers have been deployed in Punjab for 60 daysRoads blocked in Rawalpindi and IslamabadAuthorities enhance security for the French embassyPakistan Railways cancels four trains including the Green LineLahore police convene meeting to reflect on shortcomings Saad Rizvi, chief of the banned militant TLP, has joined the negotiations between the group and the government. Saad, who has been incarcerated at the Kot Lakhpat prison, was brought to an undisclosed location to take part in the negotiations, a TLP spokesperson claimed earlier Thursday afternoo.
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