National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf on Friday said that the state can deal with groups like Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), according to a news outlet.
Speaking to anchor Saleem Safi during the Geo News programme Jirga, he disagreed with Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry’s earlier statement on the government’s talks with the TLP, in which he had said that neither the state nor the government is ready to fight extremism.
“I do not agree at all that the state does not have the capability to deal [with TLP]. I had also said this publicly that a red line has to be drawn because the policemen martyred [during clashes with TLP] were also the state’s responsibility,” said Yusuf, responding to Chaudhry’s earlier remarks.
Yusuf said that a National Security Committee (NSC) meeting was held to discuss the TLP issue by all relevant stakeholders. He said that after the meeting, the government released a statement stressing that “a red line has been drawn” but added that it also said it would prefer to resolve the matter through talks.
“After that, the matter progressed through talks,” he said.
