The Punjab government has released hundreds of activists of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from jails under a deal with the banned outfit.
At least 840 TLP activists have been released from jails in Punjab, it is learnt.
They were being held in 15 districts after their arrests under the maintenance of public order (MPO) law.
Several more TLP activists are expected to be released under the government-TLP agreement in the coming days.
However, those who have been nominated in the FIRs registered during the TLP protests are not being released at the moment.
In statements issued on Tuesday, TLP leaders have put the numbers of released workers at more than 1,000 and claim that more would be released later in the day.
Some of the TLP leaders, including Shafiq Amini and Zaheer-ul-Hassan, have also been released, the TLP social media claims.
A steering committee headed by Ali Muhammad Khan, minister of state for parliamentary affairs, has been tasked to monitor the implementation of the agreement.
Ali Mohammad, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Sunday held a press conference in Islamabad with Mufti Munibur Rehman and TLP leaders and announced the agreement.
The government-TLP agreement, reached on Sunday, is being kept under the wraps. Maulana Bashir Farooqi, who was part of the talks, has indicated that the agreement would be revealed after ten days.
