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LAHORE:
After an initial approval from Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar to revoke proscription on the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Thursday, the provincial government has got approval from the requisite number of cabinet members to lift the ban from the religious party.
Sources privy to the development disclosed that the government required consent of a minimum of 18 provincial cabinet members, which was sought by circulatory recommendations. Now, the government will forward its recommendation to the federal government for revoking proscription on the outfit.
After getting the go-ahead from the chief minister, the cabinet wing of the services department had circulated a summary, containing recommendations to end the proscribed status, among all the ministers.
An official statement available with The Express Tribune stated that as per rules, the ministers had three days time to express their consent for the ban’s removal but they did so as the government decided to end the fiasco at the earliest.
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The government has also decided to release some 100 TLP activists and remove names of around 90 of them from the fourth schedule – a section of the Anti-Terrorism Act which permits law enforcers to keep a watch on terror suspects. The decision was made during a meeting led by Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the provincial cabinet scheduled for today (Thursday) was called off for an indefinite period at the eleventh hour, for reasons unknown. The approval of the summary was amongst one of the main agenda items of the huddle.
The developments came following a deal between the government and the TLP last Sunday, during a meeting.
The government had earlier banned the TLP by declaring it a militant organisation, followed by a series of violent clashes between police and the party’s workers, resulting in the martyrdom of seven cops.