Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistan protesters have started Islamabad march from Lahore despite clashes, killings, and arrests of cops and TLP followers
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Lahore police said the TLP members threw petrol bombs on police and also used sticks in clashes
Soon after Friday prayers, Punjab Chief Minister announced that a committee comprising the two senior members of the provincial cabinet had been formed to negotiate with the proscribed group.
Roads have been blocked in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore to control Islamabad march of Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistan
Tarin, left behind Finance Secretary Yousaf Khan to further pursue the talks for the resumption of a $6 billion loan facility that would bring an immediate relief to the cash-starved government by delivering a suspended tranche of $1 billion.
The TLP’s Majlis-i-Shura decried that TLP members had been staging a peaceful protest in the streets for the past 15 days, yet their demand for the implementation of an agreement reached between them and the government earlier this year was not being honoured.
SBP chief said that every economic policy benefitted and disadvantaged some people, so when mention was made of those who suffered then “we should not forget those who are benefitting.”