Hundreds of followers of a banned Islamist party were released in Pakistan following an agreement between the Imran Khan-led government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) to cease violent clashes that killed seven police officers, according to news agencies. For months, the group has been protesting against the Pakistani government, demanding the release of its leader, Saad Rizvi, who was detained in April.

The TLP was behind the anti-French riots that erupted when President Emmanuel Macron backed a satirical magazine’s right to republish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

“Some 860 TLP workers were freed on Tuesday. They were detained under section 3 of MPO (maintenance of public order). No case was registered against them,” the Punjab Home Department said in a statement, according to news agency PTI. 

“Other detainees from the protest who have first information reports (FIRs) registered against them would have to obtain bail from courts,” the report further said.

Thousands of TLP supporters marched from Lahore, Pakistan’s eastern city, to Islamabad, the capital, last week. The protesters got about a third of the way before calling it a day. The protests, however, are still on, with demonstrators conducting a sit-in at a park in Wazirabad. Demonstrators claim they would not stop protesting until the Pakistani government complies with half of the requirements of their agreement.

“In case any further arrests of the party’s workers or leaders are made, the agreement with the government will stand cancelled,” said Tehreek-e-Labbaik’s Mufti Muneeb Rehman, warning the Pakistan government, PTI reported. “If the government appears non-serious with regard to the agreement, it will have to face a more forceful protest movement,” Muneeb also said.

The deal between the group and the Pakistani government is still being worked out. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan, and other senior ministers were among the government delegation that met members of the banned organisation.