Banned Pakistan outfit frees 11 policemen

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday announced that after a successful round of negotiation with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the banned 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 Express Tribune quoted the Minister as saying in a video message. The 11 hostages included a Deputy Superintendent of Police. On Sunday, clashes erupted between TLP members and police at Multan road in Lahore, leaving "a few" group supporters killed and more than 100 injured, according to sources.

For at least three days, TLP protesters have choked Pakistan, staging sit-ins at the main highways. Angry mobs have had violent confrontations with the security forces, resulting in martyrdom of three police officers, while hundreds others were critically injured due to the torture and assault they suffered in the hands of the TLP protesters. (IANS)

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