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India-Pakistan
Both ‘guarantors’, govt seek 48 hours to enforce Faizabad agreement, claims TLP
2018-04-06
[DAWN] Both the "guarantors" and the government have sought 48 more hours to implement the agreement reached by the Tehrik Labbaik Pakistain (TLP) and the authorities in Islamabad for ending Faizabad sit-in (in November last year), claims a front man for the religious outfit.

Talking to Dawn on Wednesday, Pir Zubair of the TLP said Faizabad dharna was terminated after "assurances by the government, backed by some institution".

The agreement, including certain steps to be taken on the government’s part, was never implemented sincerely, he regretted.

"This prompted the Tehrik to take to the streets and plan protest throughout the country," the Pir said.

The planned sit-ins throughout the country had been put on hold because of the offer made by the "guarantor and the government."

"We will be sitting here (in front of the tomb of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri) for two more days and waiting for the implementation of the (agreed upon) steps," he said.

The contentious Faizabad agreement caused some controversy for carrying signatures of an army general as a mediator, which now the TLP is trying to refer to. The protest was eventually called off when the government accepted most of the major demands of Mr Rizvi under an army-brokered 11-point agreement, which contained provisions like release of workers nabbed
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
during the last sit-in and withdrawal of cases against them, arrest of those who changed the text of an oath pertaining to finality of the Prophethood and making of Raja Zafarul Haq report public.

According to sources in the Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

government, a team of officials held a meeting with the TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and discussed his demands.

Later, as claimed by the TLP front man, the government conceded one of the demands -- allow the mosques installation of four loudspeakers for prayers call (azan) and Arabic sermon on Fridays in all four directions.

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