Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali is scheduled to hold a press conference at 6:30pm in Islamabad regarding a sit-in being staged by right wing fundamentalist groups in the city’s Red Zone.
According to sources, Chaudhry Nisar will brief the media about the talks held with protest leaders in Islamabad.
Earlier, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan -Noorani group leader Shah Owais Noorani said that nation would hear good news within 30 minutes.
“There has been good progress. Inshahullah, there will good news in 30 minutes,” he said, adding JUP doesn’t support the operation at all.
“It is our sit-in. We will not support the operation whatsoever. Government should reconsider its decision and try to end the issue through negotiations,” he said.
To a question, he said that there was no deadlock in talks with the government.
Rafiq Pardesi claimed that 90 percent demands of the protesters were accepted by the government.