LAHORE: A government delegation, including Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid and Religious Affairs Minister Pir Noorul Haq Qadri, will meet members of the banned Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) at 10 pm tonight for the third round of talks.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said, “The second round of talks between the banned Tehreek-e-Labeek and the Punjab government ended Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar and Law Minister Raja Basharat represented the government.”
The third round will be held at 10 pm with the participation of Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid and Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri, he added.
کالعدم تحریک لبیک اور حکومت پنجاب کے درمیان مذاکرات کا دوسرا راؤنڈ کچھ دیر پہلے اختتام پذیر ہوا، گورنر پنجاب چوہدری سرور اور وزیر قانون راجہ بشارت نے حکومت کی نمائندگی کی تیسرا راؤنڈ رات کو دس بجے ہو گا جس میں وزیر داخلہ شیخ رشید اور وزیر مذھبی امور نور الحق قادری شریک ہوں گے،
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 19, 2021
On Sunday, the city of Lahore became a battleground as workers of the recently proscribed party and policemen clashed. TLP workers also took 11 policemen hostage, who were later released after the first round of talks with the government.
The district police on Monday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against the workers of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) for their role in besieging the Lahore police station.
According to details, the case was registered against the members of the outlawed TLP for attacking Nawankot police station and taking cops hostage. It was registered on the complaint of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Muhammad Iqbal.
The FIR stated that the protesters carrying sticks gathered outside the police station on Saturday afternoon and chanted anti-government slogans. “They pelted stones at policemen, threw petrol bombs at them, and damaged the motorcycles parked inside,” it added.
The FIR has been registered against Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, and the following sections of the Pakistan Penal Code. 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly); 324 (attempt to commit qatl-i-amd); 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant); 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt);
186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions); 147 (punishment for rioting); 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon); 149, 436, 290, 291, 379 and 109.
Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) Punjab Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that a group of miscreants attacked Nawankot police station in Lahore and kidnapped 12 cops including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP).
The TLP has put forth four demands: the expulsion of the French ambassador over President Emmanuel Macron’s explicit backing of blasphemous cartoons, the release of party chief Saad Rizvi, the removal of the ban on the party and the release of activists arrested as well as the FIRs against them to be revoked.
