After a round of negotiations, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid explained in a video message that he will be presenting a resolution for the expulsion of the French envoy in the National Assembly today.
اسلام آباد۔ 20 اپریل
حکومت اور تحریک لبیک پاکستان کے درمیان مذاکرات کامیاب۔
وزارت داخلہ کی جانب سے اہم ویڈیو پیغام جاری.https://t.co/imkNgbg2d0 pic.twitter.com/pHaxAaztSS
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) April 20, 2021
What Happened: According to the minister, the government will be presenting a resolution to expel the French envoy in the National Assembly today, despite the fact that the session for the Assembly was adjourned on Monday, and is now meant to meet again on Thursday, 22nd April. The state has also agreed to withdraw all cases against Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) workers, hence agreeing to two of the four demands presented by the party. In return, the TLP agreed to call off their protests What Happens Next : A subsequent round of negotiations will take place at the Punjab Governor House tonight between both sides. TLP is expected to reiterate its demands for the release of its party leader, Saad Rizvi, and all its workers. Given the current track record, the government is expected to give in to these demands to a large extent. Fateha Recitation: Yesterday, before the adjournment of the National Assembly, the Speaker of the House led parliamentarians in a prayer for the ‘martyred’ TLP workers. No such prayer was made for the policemen who lost their lives during this conflict. This move was widely condemned by social media users.
National Assembly offered fateha for TLP the recently proscribed organisation but didn’t do so for police Shuhada which amounts to negating the supreme sacrifice of police. Shame is a small word for this confusion and inefficiency. @ImranKhanPTI
— Shaukat Javed (@shaukatpsp) April 19, 2021
National Assembly just did Fateha for TLP protestors who passed away in clashes while no one mentioned Police martyrs who laid life in line of duty. Fateha was done by MNA Mufti Abdul shakoor on request of Speaker Asad Qaiser. Irony! https://t.co/bx0PJK5eDc
— Faizan Khan (@Faizankhaan91) April 19, 2021