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Deadly clashes in Pakistan s Lahore after Islamists take police hostage
AFP / Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 19:25 IST
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Protest by the supporters of the banned Islamist political party Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) in Lahore (Reuters)
LAHORE: Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken seven security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group s leader. The TLP members are holding five police officers and two rangers hostage, Rana Arif, a police spokesman in Lahore told AFP, referring to the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan group.
TLP chief urges workers to end sit-in, surrender before law
The sit-in outside Rehmatul Alamin Mosque should be called off immediately, writes detained leader Saad Rizvi
Police clashes with TLP supporters. Photo: Reuters
LAHORE:
Hafiz Muhammad Saad Rizvi, detained head of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), has urged his party workers and supporters to end their sit-in in Lahore and call off their protest scheduled for April 20.
In a letter surfaced on Sunday, Rizvi has also called upon the members of the Majlis-e-Shura (advisory council) to disperse peacefully and surrender themselves to the law enforcement agencies.
“The sit-in outside Rehmatul Alamin Mosque should be called off immediately, workers should return home peacefully and Shura members should surrender to the law,” the letter written by Rizvi in Urdu read.
A senior cop, 2 paramilitary were among the six held by Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan supporters.
Lahore:
Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group s leader.
The Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) group had given the government an April 20 deadline to expel the French ambassador over the publication of cartoons in France depicting the Prophet Mohammad. The authorities responded by arresting its leader, prompting supporters to hold protests and sit-ins across Pakistan. At least four people were killed, hundreds injured, and thousands arrested. Pakistan banned the group after the violence.
Police in Pakistan said a right-wing group has taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group’s leader.
Pakistan’s government banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) Pakistan earlier this week after supporters took to the streets to protest against the arrest of their leader, Muslim scholar Saad Rizvi.
“Today in the early morning, miscreants attacked Nawankot Police Station where [paramilitary] Rangers and police officers were trapped inside the police station and [Deputy Superintendent] Nawankot [was] kidnapped,” read a statement from the provincial police in Punjab, of which Lahore is the capital.
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Tehreek-e-Labik was one of the six senior police, 2 paramilitary personnel, kept by Pakistan supporters.
Lahore:
Police in Pakistan said six security personnel were taken hostage by a radical Islamic group after a week of violent clashes at the headquarters of Lahore following the arrest of the group’s leader on Sunday.
The Tehreek-e-Labak Pakistan (TLP) group gave the government a 20 April deadline to expel the French ambassador over the publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed in France. Authorities responded by arresting its leader, leading supporters to sit on protests and sit-ins in Pakistan. At least four people were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands more were arrested. Pakistan banned the group after the violence.