Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed addressing a press conference at FIA Zonal Office in Karachi on April 9, 2021. PHOTO: PIDInterior Minister Sheikh Rashid announced on Monday that after a successful round of negotiation with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the proscribed outfit had released 11 policemen taken hostage from Lahore a day earlier. “First round of negotiations have been successful which have led to TLP releasing the policemen it had held hostage. The second round of negotiations will begin after sehri,” the federal minister said in an early morning video message. Rashid said all ministers had signed the summary seeking their approval for declaring the TLP a proscribed organisation.

Source: The Express Tribune April 19, 2021 03:42 UTC