Islamabad/New Delhi: To avoid a standoff with a banned Islamic organization Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Imran Khan government has released 350 activists of the group.
Tehreek-e-Labbaki Pakistan Threatened to take out ‘Long March’ till Islamabad.
“We have released 350 TLP workers so far and we are still waiting to open both sides of Muridke’s road as decided with the TLP,” Interior Minister sheikh rashid Tweeted after leading a government team in talks with TLP representatives.
The government also assured that it is working on a plan to release the jailed TLP chief saad rizwickPakistan minister Rashid said.
Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn described the government’s decision to release TLP activists as “another complete surrender to the violent protesters”.
Son of late Khadim Rizvi, founder of TLP Saad Hussein Rizwick The party’s protest against the blasphemous caricature of the Prophet of Islam published in France and the demand to send the French ambassador back and import goods from there followed the party’s opposition to the ‘Maintenance of Public Order’ (MPO) by the Punjab government. Has been kept in custody since last April. Ban that country.
The TLP has waged an anti-French campaign as President Emmanuel Macron defended the right of a satirical magazine to republish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed – an act considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
Six police officers were killed in April when the TLP staged rallies to block roads and stalled Lahore.
Few issues are as provocative in Pakistan as blasphemy, and even the slightest suggestion of an insult to Islam could spark protests, incite lynchings and unite most of the country’s warring political parties. Can do.
(with inputs from agencies)
Tehreek-e-Labbaki Pakistan Threatened to take out ‘Long March’ till Islamabad.
“We have released 350 TLP workers so far and we are still waiting to open both sides of Muridke’s road as decided with the TLP,” Interior Minister sheikh rashid Tweeted after leading a government team in talks with TLP representatives.
The government also assured that it is working on a plan to release the jailed TLP chief saad rizwickPakistan minister Rashid said.
Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn described the government’s decision to release TLP activists as “another complete surrender to the violent protesters”.
Son of late Khadim Rizvi, founder of TLP Saad Hussein Rizwick The party’s protest against the blasphemous caricature of the Prophet of Islam published in France and the demand to send the French ambassador back and import goods from there followed the party’s opposition to the ‘Maintenance of Public Order’ (MPO) by the Punjab government. Has been kept in custody since last April. Ban that country.
The TLP has waged an anti-French campaign as President Emmanuel Macron defended the right of a satirical magazine to republish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed – an act considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
Six police officers were killed in April when the TLP staged rallies to block roads and stalled Lahore.
Few issues are as provocative in Pakistan as blasphemy, and even the slightest suggestion of an insult to Islam could spark protests, incite lynchings and unite most of the country’s warring political parties. Can do.
(with inputs from agencies)
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