Pakistan: 11 cops kidnapped by Islamists launched after govt steps in

A day after the Islamist celebration Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) kidnapped 11 police officers in Lahore in Pakistan, it has now launched the hostages following negotiations with the provincial authorities of Punjab.
On Monday (April 19), Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed confirmed the discharge of the 11 policemen. In a video message, he stated, “Talks have started with the TLP. The first round went well and the second round will take place after sehri. They have released 11 policemen who were made hostages and have gone into the Rehmatul Lil Alameen Mosque (Yateem Khana Chowk). The police have also stepped back.”
He additional added, “These negotiations were held successfully by the Punjab government. We hope that the second meeting after sehri will also prove fruitful and matters will be resolved amicably with the TLP.” It should be talked about {that a} case was earlier registered in opposition to the TLP Islamists below the anti-terrorism legislation for abducting the cops. Lahore CCPO (Additional Inspector General) Ghulam Mehmood Dogar additionally took half within the negotiation course of.
نیوز اپڈیٹاسلام آباد: 19 اپریل وفاقی وزیر داخلہ شیخ رشید احمد کا اہم ویڈیو پیغام جاری pic.twitter.com/kvXqVjWP9U— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) April 18, 2021
Contradictory claims concerning the variety of police officers kidnapped
On Sunday, Punjab police spokesperson Rana Arif had knowledgeable that TLP extremists took 5 police officers hostage, together with a Deputy superintendent of police (DSP). He emphasised that the DSP was brutally tortured by the employees of the now-banned outfit. In a press release on Sunday, the Punjab police had stated, “Today in the early morning, miscreants attacked Nawankot Police Station where Rangers and Police officers were trapped inside the police station and DSP Nawankot kidnapped and taken to the markaz. At least one oil tanker with 50,000 litres of petrol has been taken by the miscreants to the markaz.”
pic.twitter.com/3JEfCZLkda— Punjab Police Official (@OfficialDPRPP) April 18, 2021
It additional added, “The miscreants were armed and attacked Rangers/ police with petrol bombs. Police and Rangers pushed them back and took back the possession of the police station. Police did not plan or conduct any action against the mosque or the madrassa. The action, if any, was in self-defence and to protect public property.”
However, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, the particular assistant to the Punjab CM, had claimed in a tweet that the Islamists had kidnapped a complete of 12 police officers and took them to the Markaz.
جہاں حملے کے لیے 50 ہزار لٹر کا آئل ٹینکر بھی رکھا گیا ہے۔ پولیس کی طرف سے کوئی آپریشن پلان یا شروع نہیں کیا گیا اور جوابی کارروائی صرف سیلف ڈیفینس اور مغوی پولیس اہلکاروں کو بچانے کی لیے کی گئی۔ اس سے پہلے ان جتھوں کے ہاتھوں 6 پولیس اہلکار شہید اور 700 سے زائد زخمی ہوچکے ہیں۔— Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) April 18, 2021
On April 15, the Imran-Khan authorities issued a notification declaring Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) as a ‘banned organisation.’ In its notification, the federal government stated that it has ‘reasonable grounds’ to consider that the Islamist celebration is engaged in extremism, vandalism, peddling hatred, inflicting grievous hurt, assaulting civilians and police officers. TLP thus grew to become the 79th organisation banned in Pakistan.
TLP unleashes violence in Pakistan
Pakistan has been gripped in violence the previous few days as a result of TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi urged his followers via a video message on Sunday to protest and hit the roads in opposition to the federal government if the TLP’s calls for usually are not fulfilled. This name for a national protest led to his arrest at round 2 pm on Wahdat Road in Lahore. TLP has been demanding that Pakistan ought to expel the French ambassador to the nation, in protest in opposition to France govt supporting the proper of individuals to publish drawings and cartoons of Muhammad, and the sturdy motion in opposition to Islamic radicalism within the nation.
Following Rizvi’s arrest, a big mob of his supporters blocked the Grand Trunk Road at a number of junctions. Major cities similar to Islamabad, Lahore, Gujranwala, and Peshawar had been minimize off from the remainder of the nation. The Islamists had additionally blocked motorways, highways, practice tracks and clashed with the police, leading to two deaths.