The Interior Minister's words came after Mufti Muneebur Rehman disputed claims that the TLP had sought the expulsion of the French ambassador and the closing of the French embassy. The TLP has previously denied such accusations.
In a statement on Thursday, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said that during his discussions with the leader of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Saad Hussain Rizvi, he was persuaded that the matter would be brought before the National Assembly and that the French embassy would be closed.
"I have signed this deal, and I am resolute in my commitment to it," the minister said on Thursday while speaking at an event in Lahore.
Rashid's comment comes after Mufti Muneebur Rehman, a former chairman of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, denied claims that the TLP had sought the expulsion of the French ambassador and the closing of the French embassy in Pakistan.
On the invitation of the government, Rehman was invited to participate in the discussions.
The TLP did not call for the closure of the French embassy: Mufti Muneeb is a Muslim scholar.
According to Muneeb, "Any such demand was never made during the discussions, and some of the government officials lied about it." Muneeb had previously informed reporters in Karachi that no such demand had been made.
Meanwhile, Rashid refrained from further commenting on the TLP issue, stating that Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked that only one minister speak on the subject to maintain order.
Meanwhile, the Punjab home department has issued a summary to Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar, urging him to remove the TLP's banned status from the state's government. After receiving official approval from the Punjab cabinet's sub-committee on law and order, the summary was sent to the chief minister of the province.
The most important aspects of the government-TLP accord have been revealed.
The development comes as a result of an agreement negotiated between the federal government and the TLP, the terms of which have not yet been disclosed. However, Business Recorder has learned from reliable sources that the government has agreed to reinstate the TLP as a political party in exchange for the TLP's assurance that it would not resort to violence or agitation or question the authority of the state.
In addition, the TLP has dropped its demand for the expulsion of the French ambassador after getting guarantees that the government would not oppose the release of TLP leader Saad Rizvi if the case went to trial, according to reliable sources.
"The matter of the French ambassador's expulsion will be considered in Parliament, and whatever decision the Parliament makes about the French envoy would be acceptable to the TLP," stated a well-known religious person who requested anonymity to protect his or her identity from being revealed.
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