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IT is not for the first time that a religiously motivated group has disrupted civic life but what happened this week is extremely serious. The state seemed to have disappeared as the followers of a radical cleric blocked highways and train tracks connecting the country’s main cities. Violent mobs held sway in many parts of the country. Most disturbing are the videos circulating on social media of some security personnel approvingly responding to the crowd.
It all started with the protest against the detention of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief Saad Hussain Rizvi, a day after he threatened to storm Islamabad in pursuance of his group’s demand for the expulsion of the French ambassador over blasphemous images and the French president’s controversial remarks. The young cleric who took over the group’s command after his father’s death wanted the government to implement the agreement the TLP claimed the ruling set-up had reached with it
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