Pakistan freed TLP workers,struck deal to end violent rally

In Pakistan, over 850 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers were freed on Tuesday. They were detained under section 3 of MPO but no case was registered against them. This comes after a deal struck between the Imran Khan government and TLP to end the violent clashes that have resulted in the death of seven policemen. The group has been protesting against the Pakistan government for months, demanding the release of its party chief Saad Rizvi who was arrested in April this year.

However. the demonstrators say that they will not withdraw their agitation until the Pakistan government fulfills 50 per cent of the terms of their agreement. "In case any further arrests of the party’s workers or leaders are made, the agreement with the government will stand cancelled," said Tehreek-e-Labbaik's Mufti Muneeb Rehman, Details regarding the deal between the group and the Pakistan government are not known yet. The government delegation that negotiated with the banned organisation included foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, minister of state for parliamentary affairs Ali Mohammad Khan and other senior ministers. “Details and positive results of the agreement will come before the nation in a week or so,” said Rehman, who said he had the endorsement of TLP party leader Saad Rizvi.