Lahore policemen released after talks with banned TLP: Sheikh Rasheed Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed addressing a press conference. Photo: File LAHORE: The 11 policemen, who were taken hostage in Lahore by the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have been released after successful negotiations carried out by the Punjab government, said Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Monday. The minister, in a video statement, informed that the “first round of talks” concluded in a "successful manner" following which the policemen were released and the protesters had gone inside the Masjid Rehmatulil Alameen. Rasheed said that the police had also been withdrawn. Hoping that other matters would also be resolved in the next round of talks, the federal minister maintained that out of 192 blockades, only one was remaining and the situation was improving there as well.