Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Friday ordered the immediate release of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activists who have been detained in various holding cells and internment centres across the country.
In a post on social media platform X (previously Twitter), Bugti also thanked the PTM leadership for their cooperation with the caretaker government.
He wrote that the government had held successful dialogues with the PTM leadership who had agreed to change their protest venue from the Supreme Court to the Tarnol area.
گزشتہ رات PTM قیادت سے کامیاب مزاکرات ہوئے جس میں PTM قیادت نے اسلام آباد جلسہ گاہ کی جگہ سپریم کورٹ سے تبدیل کر کے ترنول کرنے پر اتفاق کیا۔ PTM کے لاہور، پشاور اور دیگر شہروں سے گرفتار کارکنان کو سختی سے فوری رہا کرنے کا حکم جاری کر دیا گیا ہے۔ میں PTM قیادت کا حکومت کے ساتھ…
— Sarfraz Bugti (@PakSarfrazbugti) August 18, 2023
A large crowd of PTM supporters gathered outside the Supreme Court building on Constitution Avenue - inside the Red Zone - around 4:30 pm on Friday afternoon.
PTM activists held in Lahore, Peshawar and other cities will be released.