Plan Of Action.

A concrete course of action post the lockdown of the country and the agreement between the government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is the need of the time right now. The agreement between both parties provided a silver lining despite the difficult stretch that the country endured. The bone of contention at this point is the penalisation of those who vandalised public property and there is pictorial and video evidence against them.

The risk of another lockdown is bound to affect the country because it not only affects the economy but also limits people to their own houses even in cases of emergency. Many travelers also had to face violence with no one to reimburse for the amount of damage done and the lack of security provided in the situation. There are confusions in the stance of the ruling party itself because the Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry stated in the National Assembly (NA) that a thorough plan is being manufactured which will entail curtailing such groups from promoting terror and will also reduce their influence without having to use the state machinery to push them back. This is in contradiction to the party statements which, at this point, are highlighting the arrests of those who have damaged public property.

Vandalising public property after calls of a peaceful protest is a crime...