After deal with Pak. Govt., TLP ends protest march
The Hindu
This comes after two weeks of clashes
A hardline Pakistani Islamist group called off a protest march to Islamabad on Sunday after reaching a deal with the government, ending two weeks of clashes that left at least seven policemen dead and scores injured on both sides.
The Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) began the march calling for the release of jailed leader Saad Rizvi and the expulsion of France’s Ambassador over publication caricatures depicting the Prophet Mohammad in a French satirical magazine.
“An agreement for peace and betterment has been reached,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who represented the government in negotiations with the TLP, told a news conference.
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