Federal Minster of Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed on April 19 announced that 11 Policemen, who were taken hostage in Lahore by the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have been released after negotiations carried out by the Punjab Government, reports Geo TV. In a video statement, the Interior minister said the “first round of talks” concluded in a "successful manner" after which the Policemen were released and the protesters had gone inside the Masjid Rehmatulil Alameen. He added that the Police had also been withdrawn. Rasheed hoped that other matters would also be sorted out in the next round, which would be held after Sehri. The Minister added that out of 192 blockades, only one was remaining and the situation was improving there as well.