Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday asked the lawmakers to wait for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the nation on television. DawnNewsTV
ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government over its “bad handling” of the protests held by the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the opposition members on Monday lodged a noisy protest in the National Assembly when Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who had been directed by Speaker Asad Qaiser to make a policy statement on the situation after the clashes between the police and the TLP activists in Lahore, asked the lawmakers to wait for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the nation on television.
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While Pakistan is engulfed in chaos and violence, the deadlock between the government and recently proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) over the ongoing protests is still continued even as both sides met for the third time. The banned party has put forth five key demands including the resignation of Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, expelling French ambassador to Pakistan, the release of TLP leader Syed Saad Hussain Rizvi and other workers.
Govt to move resolution in NA for expulsion of French ambassador, says Sheikh Rashid
Pakistan
Tue, Apr 20, 2021
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says he will share details of talks with the banned TLP in a press conference today.
ISLAMABAD: After days of protests, the government agreed to table a resolution in the National Assembly seeking to expel the French ambassador to Pakistan and take back cases against members of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
The announcement was made by Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday in a video statement shared on Twitter.
The statement was released after 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.
Matters with proscribed TLP settled after talks: Sheikh Rashid
Published On 20 April,2021 09:18 am
The minister said the cases filed against TLP workers under the Fourth Schedule will be withdrawn.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday announced that matters with the recently proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have been settled after talks.
The interior minister said in his video statement on Twitter that a resolution on expulsion of the French ambassador from Pakistan will be presented in the National Assembly. The minister said the cases filed against TLP workers under the Fourth Schedule will be withdrawn.
Interior minister says TLP has agreed to end protests after successful negotiation
According to the interior minister losing one or two votes [in Senate polls] won t affect any party. PHOTO: PID/File
ISLAMABAD:
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced in the wee hours of Tuesday that after a successful round of negotiations, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan has agreed to end its protest across the country after the government tables a resolution regarding expulsion of the French ambassador in the National Assembly today.
“After detailed discussions with TLP it has been agreed that the government will table the resolution in the National Assembly today,” he said in a video message.