ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Tuesday decided to maintain ban on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
The decision was taken in a meeting of the Federal Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The federal cabinet has also approved a 15 percent special allowance for the Armed Forces of Pakistan.
The meeting at the request of PTI leader and Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, approved to form a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate cases made by the provincial government.
In addition, a report on the security of key figures and the protocol used by them was presented to the Cabinet. The prime minister directed to present a comprehensive plan for rationalizing the security and protocol at the next Cabinet meeting.
The cabinet was briefed on the construction of a multi-storey building on railway land in Nowshera.
The Cabinet directed that better management of Nowshera railway lands should be ensured through National Asset Management Company. The Cabinet was also briefed regarding removal of encroachments in Sector E-8 and E-9 of Islamabad.
PM Imran Khan directed the CDA Chairman to ensure uniform application of the law and no concessions should be made regarding encroachments on green areas.
PUNJAB HOME DEPARTMENT’S PLEA TO EXTEND TLP CHIEF DETENTION, REJECTED
A review board of the Lahore High Court had rejected a request by the Punjab Home Department to extend the detention of banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi, paving the way for his release.
The decision was announced by the Provincial Review Board comprising Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed Khan, Justice Alia Neelam and Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan of the Lahore High Court during a closed-door hearing where the Punjab Home Department’s request for extension in detention of the TLP chief was heard.
Saad Hussain Rizvi was arrested on April 12 on charges of inciting his supporters to take the law into his own hands because he said the government had reneged on its promise to expel the French ambassador.
Four police officers were martyred and over 600 were injured in clashes all over Pakistan last week.
The government said it had arrested Saad Rizvi as talks between both sides broke down after it emerged the religiopolitical party was planning on marching to Islamabad to hold a sit-in protest.
The TLP had demanded the expulsion of the French ambassador from Pakistan over French President Emmanuel Macron’s support for blasphemous sketches of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
The interior ministry then moved to ban the TLP under the anti-terrorism law last week.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed had said the decision was taken at the Punjab government’s request.
