ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to address the nation today on Wednesday, November 3, and take people into confidence over the agreement signed between Federal Government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) to end the long march announced by the latter.
The premier is expected to will talk on the economic, political and security situation the country is facing at the moment.
The development comes after the government and TLP reached an agreement Sunday. Detail of the negotiations, which were termed successful, have not been revealed yet.
Maulana Bashir Farooqi, who was part of the talks, has indicated that the agreement would be revealed after ten days.
Earlier in the day, Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the TLP will be “over sooner than Sunni Tehreek” — a religious organisation that turned itself into political party.
Religious extremists groups have capacity to use mob for violence but there capacity to stir politics has always been limited, At one point Sunni Tehreek was more violent than TLP but done n dusted this party will be over sooner,alliance with such party means int isolation.
“Religious extremists groups have capacity to use mob for violence but there capacity to stir politics has always been limited,” he tweeted. “At one point Sunni Tehreek was more violent than TLP but done n dusted this party will be over sooner, alliance with such party means [international] isolation,” the minister added.
Later in the day, after the cabinet meeting, Chaudhry said that TLP and its agreement was not discussed in the cabinet.
At least 840 TLP activists have been released from jails in Punjab on Tuesday.
They were being held in 15 districts after their arrests under the maintenance of public order (MPO) law, it said.
Several more TLP activists are expected to be released under the government-TLP agreement.
However, those who have been nominated in the FIRs registered during the TLP protests are not being released at the moment, sources said.
In statements issued to journalists, TLP leaders have put the numbers of released workers at more than 1,000 and claim that more would be released later in the day.
Some of the TLP leaders including Shafiq Amini and Zaheer ul Hassan have also been freed, according to TLP social media claims.
A steering committee headed by Ali Muhammad Khan, minister of state for parliamentary affairs, has been tasked to monitor the implementation.
Ali Mohammad Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Sunday held a press conference in Islamabad with Mufti Munibur Rehman and TLP leaders and announced the agreement.
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