ISLAMABAD: (HRNW) Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said Friday that the door to negotiations with the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has not been shut yet, but the state’s writ will be ensured at all cost.
He was speaking to the media after attending a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), which met Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair to review the law and order situation in the country, with a specific focus on the protests by the banned organisation.
The interior minister said he wishes to settle the issue amicably.
Rasheed said it is the government’s responsibility to secure people’s lives and property.
“[Federal Minister for Religious Affairs] Noor-ul-Haq Qadri and I will hold talks with the proscribed TLP,” he said.
The NSC meeting, which continued for two hours, was attended by the top civil and military leadership, including all services and intelligence chiefs.
Federal ministers Pervez Khattak, Sheikh Rasheed, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Fawad Chauhdry were also present.
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