Deadlock persists as govt, TLP conclude two rounds of talks

ISLAMABAD: Deadlock persisted as the government and the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) concluded two rounds of talks, ARY News reported on Thursday.

Both sides will begin the third round of talks tonight or tomorrow morning, sources told ARY News, adding that TLP, on the other hand, instructed its leadership to remain alert.

Prior to the development, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said in his Twitter message that the government has clarified not to hold talks until the roads get cleared by the protestors and those responsible for policemen’s killings will not be handed over to the authorities.

واضع کر چکے ہیں جب تک کالعدم جماعت کے لوگ سڑکیں خالی نہیں کرتے اور پولیس کو شہید کرنیوالے مجرموں کو اداروں کے حوالے نہیں کیا جاتا کوئ مذاکرات نہیں ہو سکتے محب وطن لوگ اس احتجاج سے خود کو لاتعلق کریں اپنے گھروں کو لوٹ جائیں اور ریاست کیخلاف دھشت گردی کا حصہ نہ بنیں #FasadiTLP

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 28, 2021

He said that patriot people should dissociate themselves from the TLP protests and not become part of the terrorism against the state.

In another tweet, Fawad Chaudhry said that there is a difference between the protests of political parties and banned outfits. He added that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and other parties had led political campaigns in the country.

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He criticised that self-proclaimed intellectuals were terming the terrorism of a banned outfit as the political move.

سیاسی جماعتوں کا احتجاج اور کالعدم جماعتوں کے احتجاج میں فرق ہوتا ہے ماضی میں پیشکش پارٹی، نون لیگ اور PTI نےسیاسی تحریکیں چلائ ہیں یہ تحریکیں مسلح نہیں تھیں بدقسمتی ہے کہ half baked intellechawals ایک کالعدم جماعت کی دہشت گردی کو سیاسی معاملہ جانتے ہیں https://t.co/xctWtBrFri

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 28, 2021

Earlier, a new phase of talks between proscribed TLP and the government’s teams resumed after the earlier phase ended in failure.

According to sources, the government is being represented in the talks by Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid and Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri.

Chief of proscribed group TLP, Saad Rizvi also participated in the talks having a three-point agenda, sources said.

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Earlier today, the Punjab government deployed paramilitary Rangers in eight districts of the province.

The Rangers force has been deployed for 60 days in the province, sources at the provincial home department said.

Rangers personnel have been posted in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Chakwal, Gujrat and Faisalabad districts.