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
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.
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
Security personnel walk back after having a talk with TLP supporters during a protest along a blocked street in Lahore on Sunday. AFP
Workers of the recently proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) brutally tortured a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and took him, as well as four other officials, hostage on Sunday, spokesperson for Lahore CCPO Rana Arif told
Dawn.com.
Police said the violence occurred after miscreants an apparent reference to TLP workers attacked a police station and abducted the DSP, adding that it acted only in self-defence . An operation against the TLP activists is still underway.
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