Sanaullah Rules Out Talks with Banned TLP

Sanaullah rules out talks with banned TLP

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Friday ruled out any negotiations with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), saying the group had been "created in a bid to cut into the PML-N's vote bank". Earlier, the Ministry of Interior has issued a notification declaring the TLP a proscribed organisation, placing it in the First Schedule under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997. Now a reference will be sent to …

Sanaullah says TLP was created to steal PML-N’s votes; rules out negotiations

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that the now-banned religious party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) was “created in a bid to cut into PMLN’s vote bank,”. Yesterday, the religiopolitical party was banned by the federal cabinet. In the 2018 general elections, the TLP was estimated by political analysts to have cost the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) at least 15 closely contested national seat…

TLP ban sparks legal and political uncertainty once again

Lahore: The federal government has once again banned the Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) under the country’s anti-terrorism laws, but the party’s political registration and its lone provincial assembly seat remain untouched for now. The move has set off a complex constitutional process, leaving the group’s future uncertain. On Friday, the Ministry of Interior placed TLP on the list of proscribed organizations under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 19…