Pakistan, TLP Ink Deal to end Proscribed group’s lengthy March

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Authorities refuse to share details of contract with public, claiming its effects will become visible in 7-10 days

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government on Sunday announced that it had reached an "contract" with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) to conclusion its ongoing protest, however refused to share any particulars, stressing they might be published "at an appropriate time."

"The govt of Pakistan and the TLP held distinctive negotiations in an atmosphere of mutual trust and an agreement has been reached between them," Mufti Munibur Rehman introduced at a press conference in Islamabad alongside members of the government's negotiating group—international Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, country wide meeting Speaker Asad Qaiser and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan.

The mufti, part of a group of ulema who facilitated the talks between the TLP and the government, noted that TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi had signed off on the undisclosed contract. He spoke of that a steering committee, headed by Ali Mohammad Khan and comprising Punjab law Minister Raja Basharat, the federal interior secretary and Punjab home secretary, would oversee the implementation of the settlement from the executive's side. TLP representatives Mufti Ghulam Ghaus Baghdadi and Hafeezullah Alvi would symbolize the TLP, he added.

Claiming the particulars of the contract could be shared with the public "at an appropriate time," Mufti Munib entreated the media to no longer malign it and to only share "superb" elements. He said the have an impact on of the contract would come into view to the public in 7-10 days, adding that "actions speak louder than phrases."

The foreign minister, in the meantime, in basic terms congratulated the nation on the "peaceable resolution" of the two-week-lengthy impasse between the TLP and the executive. He also refused to take any questions from journalists.

whereas there has been no reputable affirmation of the terms of the settlement, sources with talents of the talks spoke of that the govt had agreed to unfreeze the property of the proscribed outfit and carry the "ban" on it. The government, they mentioned, had also agreed to drop all situations towards TLP workers provided that they had not been registered beneath the Anti-Terrorism Act, which might be determined by courts.

chatting with media after the press convention, the mufti referred to that the TLP would conclusion its ongoing sit-in in Wazirabad "slowly" after gazing the implementation of the deal. He claimed that both sides had agreed that the TLP would now characteristic as a "political birthday party" and would now not immediately resort to sit down-ins and protests.

The TLP began its newest protest in Lahore on Oct. 19. After staging at take a seat-in outdoor their headquarters within the Punjab capital for 3 days, they started an extended march on Islamabad on Oct. 22. The long march's procession has moved just 150km in that point, with TLP employees violently clashing with police at numerous points. in accordance with the Punjab Police, seven police officers have been martyred and hundreds injured within the clashes; the TLP claims that dozens of its worker's have in a similar way been killed and a whole bunch injured by way of excessive shelling.

On Sunday night, a TLP leader in Wazirabad directed the group's protesters to continue their sit-in, adding that they might handiest call off their protest on instructions of their senior leadership. still, a number of TLP marchers have left the sit down-in over the past 24 hours and native administration has all started to get rid of barricades erected to avoid the marchers from traveling to Islamabad.