Four Killed Nationwide as Labbaik Blockade Enters Third Day
Four Killed Nationwide as Labbaik Blockade Enters Third Day
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Hundreds of protesters and police injured, with authorities claiming thousands have been arrested for blocking main roads and attacking law enforcement personnel
At least four people, including a policeman, were killed and hundreds others injured on Tuesday, as Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) clashed with law enforcement personnel who were trying to clear main roads and highways that had been blocked over the arrest of Saad Hussain Rizvi.
The TLP protest, which has devolved into rioting in several cities, erupted on Monday afternoon after police in Punjab placed party chief Rizvi under arrest. He was reportedly taken into custody after he threatened to launch a long march on Islamabad on April 20 after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government failed in fulfilling terms of an agreement it had inked with the rightwing party in February.
Protests erupted across Pakistan after authorities detained TLP chief Sahibzada Saad Hussain Rizvi on April 12
ISLAMABAD/
LAHORE/
KARACHI:
More than 100 supporters were arrested as Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) ‘s protest entered the second day.
Amid sporadic violent clashes between protestors and law enforcement agencies, all major arteries of the country remained blocked on Tuesday.
Protests erupted across Pakistan after authorities detained TLP chief Sahibzada Saad Hussain Rizvi on April 12.
According to a TLP spokesperson, Rizvi was arrested from Punjab capital’s Iqbal Town area, where he had gone to attend a funeral.
Saad Rizvi is the son of the firebrand cleric, and previous head of the TLP, Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who died in November last year.
Protests erupted across Pakistan after authorities detained TLP chief Sahibzada Saad Hussain Rizvi on April 12
ISLAMABAD/
LAHORE/
KARACHI:
At least three people have been reported killed and more than 100 supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) were arrested overnight as the right-wing party s protest entered the second day after the arrest of its chief Sahibzada Saad Hussain Rizvi a day earlier.
The deaths occurred in the Faizpur Interchange area of Lahore. A police constable was also killed by protesters in Lahore, he was deployed at Gowalmandi police station.
Amid sporadic violent clashes between protestors and law enforcement agencies, a significant number of the country s major arteries remained blocked on Tuesday.
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