Islamabad (Web Desk): Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Tuesday said that the government will present a resolution regarding the expulsion of the French ambassador in the National Assembly (NA) today.
In a video message shared on Twitter, the minister said that the decision was taken after another round of talks with the recently banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
اسلام آباد۔ 20 اپریل
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) April 20, 2021
حکومت اور تحریک لبیک پاکستان کے درمیان مذاکرات کامیاب۔
وزارت داخلہ کی جانب سے اہم ویڈیو پیغام جاری.https://t.co/imkNgbg2d0 pic.twitter.com/pHaxAaztSS
The government delegation, including the interior minister, Minister for Religious Affairs, SAPM Tahir Ashrafi, Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar and Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat held talks with TLP members in Lahore.
Sheikh Rashid further said that according to the agreement, TLP will end its protests across the country including at Jamia Masjid Rehmatul-lil-Alamin.
He added that cases registered against TLP supporters under the fourth schedule will also be dismissed and further rounds of talks will take place.
Rashid said that he will give a detailed statement on the agreement in a press conference later in the day.
On Monday Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had said that negotiation process with defunct outfit TLP was in progress and most of issues had been resolved.
In a video message, the minister has stated that the proscribed outfit had released 11 policemen taken hostage from Lahore a day earlier.
He expressed the hope that all issues will be resolved amicably during the next round of talks.
