ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqi has said that if the status of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) can be restored then why MQM’s cannot be unbanned, sources said.
Sources privy to the matter added that the statement was made when the matter of the TLP’s de-proscription was brought under discussion during the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Monday.
“When TLP can be restored then what is [MQM’s] fault,” sources quoted Khalid Maqbool as saying.
They said that the MQM-P leader referred to the clashes between police and TLP workers during recent protests in Punjab, saying that the “terrorist act of applauding [at a rally] is not bigger than martyring police officials”.
Read more: Interior ministry removes TLP’s proscribed status
The development comes after the Federal Ministry of Interior had removed the name of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from the list of proscribed outfits and a notification has also been issued in this regard.
A summary was received by the Interior Ministry after the approval of the federal cabinet on the matter regarding the removal of TLP’s proscribed status.
The Punjab cabinet had asked the federal government to end TLP proscribed status and remove all restrictions imposed on the group.
