11 policemen held hostage by banned TLP released: Pak Interior Minister Rashid ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 08:40 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): 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.
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. He added that the police had also been withdrawn, reported Geo News.
TLP activists storm police station in Lahore
Police fail to rescue at least six policemen including a DSP during subsequent operation
Workers of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan chant slogans during a protest. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB/File
LAHORE:
Workers of outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Sunday stormed a police station near the party’s headquarters in Lahore and abducted half a dozen policemen including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), in a fresh wave of violence sparked after arrest of the party chief last week.
“Today in the early morning, miscreants attacked Nawankot Police Station where Rangers and police officers were trapped inside the police station and [the] DSP Nawankot [Mohammad Umer Farooq was] kidnapped and taken [to] the [TLP] markaz, said a brief statement issued by the provincial police.
Information minister says second round of negotiation with the proscribed group concluded earlier in the day
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry. PHOTO: PID/FILE
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said the second round of talks between the government team and the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) had concluded.
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar and Law Minister Raja Basharat represented the government, he said in a tweet.
The minister said the third round of talks with the proscribed organisation would begin at 10pm (today), which will be attended by Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri and Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.
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Protest by the supporters of the banned Islamist political party Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) in Lahore (Reuters)
LAHORE: Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken seven security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group s leader. The TLP members are holding five police officers and two rangers hostage, Rana Arif, a police spokesman in Lahore told AFP, referring to the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan group.
A senior cop, 2 paramilitary were among the six held by Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan supporters.
Lahore:
Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group s leader.
The Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) group had given the government an April 20 deadline to expel the French ambassador over the publication of cartoons in France depicting the Prophet Mohammad. The authorities responded by arresting its leader, prompting supporters to hold protests and sit-ins across Pakistan. At least four people were killed, hundreds injured, and thousands arrested. Pakistan banned the group after the violence.