‘I want to state this on oath, I don’t know what the agreement with TLP is’: Sheikh Rasheed

Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Thursday while talking to the media said, “I want to state this on oath, I don’t know what the agreement with Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is.”

The minister when questioned about the “secretive agreement” of the government with TLP, responded that thankfully he has been able to escape problems and said, “I am not a part of this problem.”

Earlier, the government decided to disclose the details of the agreement with the TLP in the next 10 days. The military leadership had advised against the use of force against the protesters after Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had authorised it.

“The army chief [General Qamar Javed Bajwa ] said if the decision-makers were ready to pay the price for using force against the TLP, then the military would do as ordered. However, mention was made of the previous instances where the government had used force against citizens – Lal Masjid and the Model Town incident – and participants of the meeting were reminded of the consequences of both episodes.”

The government, on November 7, revoked the ban on TLP.