ISLAMABAD: Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-Religious Harmony Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said on Saturday that a 12-member committee has been constituted to play the role of negotiator between the government and the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Is. )
Speaking to the media after attending a meeting of religious scholars of the government and Barelvi ideology with Prime Minister Imran Khan, Qadri said the committee is in talks with the government as well as leaders of the banned leaders. Organization.
The federal minister said religious leaders from across the country met the prime minister and resolved to end the matter peacefully.
Qadri said that the Prime Minister told the people present in the meeting that the present government has always welcomed a meaningful and serious dialogue.
The federal minister said that the prime minister also told the ulema that their suggestions to save the country from bloodshed would also be considered.
“The 12-member committee is in talks with the TLP leadership, and we hope they can move forward” [in their negotiations with the proscribed political party],” he said.
Earlier in the day, a delegation of Ulema had reached Bani Gala, the prime minister’s private residence, on Saturday afternoon.
‘No torture’
Sunni Ittehad Parishad (Faisalabad) president Sahibzada Hamid Raza, on his part, said the prime minister had assured those attending the meeting that the government would not use “torture” to suppress the protests.
Raza said the Prime Minister told the meeting that he did not want to see bloodshed in the country, but added that there would be no compromise when it came to the state.
“We urge protesters not to resort to violence” […] As talks are going on in different parts of the country,” the SIC president said.
Asked whether it was a constitutional right to protest, Raza said the protesters should stay there and not move forward as it could disrupt talks.
He told the protesters, “Wait a little longer because you have already waited so long.”
Raza declined to elaborate on the conversation, as he said it could lead to confusion.