Sheikh Rasheed, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri to hold third round of talks with outlawed TLP tonight
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Development comes hours after “first round of talks”. Third round of talks to be held at 10pm today.
TLP has kept four demands before the government.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Monday the Punjab government and proscribed organisation Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan s (TLP) second round of talks had concluded, hours after the first round was successful.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed, earlier in the day, had announced that 11 policemen, who were taken hostage in Lahore by the banned party had been released after negotiations carried out by the Punjab government.
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The government has been in talks with the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan for the past four months now, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri said.
In a speech in the National Assembly on Monday, he said that the only way to solve the matter was through negotiations. The third round of talks will be held later in the evening today and we are expecting something substantial out of it.
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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ISLAMABAD:
The opposition on Monday came down hard on the federal government after the prime minister preferred to address the nation on the ongoing protests via television rather than addressing the parliament and the interior minister excused himself from issuing a policy statement on the crisis.
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Friday instructed Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid to issue a policy statement on the country-wide protests staged by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) over the arrest of its leader Saad Hussain Rizvi.