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.