Govt-TLP accord ‘upsets’ police high-ups in Punjab
Govt-TLP accord ‘upsets’ police high-ups in Punjab
The Punjab police senior command seems upset at what it calls ‘premature and unnecessary accord’ between the government and the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
Some senior officials said the decision of the government not only demoralised the police force but also gave a message to such groups that “the state may withdraw any step any time on any pressure”.
The police officers warned that the release of hundreds of activists of the proscribed TLP [without punishment] would be disastrous for the personnel who took part in the operation.
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Pakistan party frees 11 police hostages after protests April 20, 2021
Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the police had been released early Monday after negotiations with the TLP. courtesy photo Twitter
LAHORE Eleven Pakistani police officers seized by supporters of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) as part of their campaign to get the French ambassador expelled have been released, the interior minister said Monday.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the police had been released early Monday after negotiations with the TLP, which the government banned last week after effectively labeling it a terrorist organization, according to AFP report.
The officers were grabbed as hostages Sunday by supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) during violent protests in Lahore. The officers had been held at a TLP mosque stronghold in Lahore, which is now packed with supporters and surrounded
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LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar s aide Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that miscreants armed with petrol bombs attacked the Nawankot Police Station, taking 12 policemen hostage and leaving six injured.
Sharing a statement by the Lahore police, she said that owing to the attack, in which the attackers used petrol bombs and bottles of acid, Rangers and police personnel were trapped inside the police station.
The miscreants held the deputy superintendent of police hostage at gunpoint, along with 11 other policemen, and drove them to their markaz (comprising a mosque and madrassah) nearby.
Aside from attacking the police station and kidnapping officials, the miscreants also stole an oil tanker carrying 50,000 litres of petrol, she said.
Security personnel walk back after having a talk with TLP supporters during a protest along a blocked street in Lahore on Sunday. AFP
Policemen stand guard as supporters of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) take part in a protest while blocking a street in Lahore on April 18. AFP
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid in the early hours of Monday announced that after the first round of talks with the recently proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), 11 policemen who were taken hostage in Lahore have been released. Talks have started with the TLP. The first round went well and the second round will take place after sehri, Rashid said in a video message. They have released 11 policemen who were made hostages and have gone into the Rehmatul Lil Alameen Mosque [Yateem Khana Chowk]. The police have also stepped back.