On the surface, the TLP is like any other religious group in Pakistan, which was either made or assisted by the Army. Imran Khan’s defiance will lead to nothing After that arrangement, there was no looking back for the Barelvi group, which also became popular because of its leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi who is known for letting out invectives.Īlso read: Gen Bajwa can bet on Pakistan’s divided politics. General Faiz Hameed in which another general, head of Rangers Punjab, was caught on camera distributing money to TLP protesters. Since then, individuals from Ahmadiyya community are systematically victimised. The 2017 agreement was reportedly facilitated by the outgoing Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt. Pakistan even passed a constitutional amendment in 1974 declaring them as non-Muslims. The first agreement that the TLP signed with the previous government of Nawaz Sharif in late 2017 was to call off a protect against minor changes in electoral laws that would have accommodated the Ahmadiyya community, which majority Muslims in Pakistan and around the world do not consider as Muslims. The government has refused to disclose the details of the arrangement, but it is clear that a politically expensive agreement has been inked as a result of which the TLP will get more than a pound of flesh for calling off its march. Proving the members of Imran Khan Cabinet including National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf wrong, who had claimed that the government would not tolerate breaking of law by the TLP miscreants, the general got top businessmen and religious leaders to help draw yet another secret agreement. Besides talks with the government, it was the timely intervention by Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa that saved the day. The group has been protesting against the Pakistan government for months, demanding the release of its party chief Saad Rizvi who was arrested in April this year.ĬNN-News18 had reported in October that it was the Pakistani army fuelling tensions between the TLP and the Imran Khan government to put the PM on the ‘back foot’.The Imran Khan government, like its predecessors, has arrived at an agreement with the Barelvi religious-political group, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, which was marching towards Islamabad for release of their leader and ouster of France’s ambassador from Pakistan.
Imran Khan’s political space has been in danger also due to the poor state of the country’s economy and stretched-out protests by the TLP group, whose demands the Prime Minister was forced to accept, in order to end the violent demonstrations across key stations.Īs part of an agreement, the Pakistani government had last week released hundreds of supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) to end the violent clashes that have resulted in the death of several police personnel. Parvez Khattak from PTI and Shahbaz Sharif from the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) are probable names for the Prime Ministerial post, the sources said. Pakistan PM Imran Khan is Called 'Puppet' in India: Nawaz Sharif's Fresh Dig