You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
India-Pakistan
Killings, arrests and protests continue for second day in Pakistan
2021-04-14
[DAILYTIMES.PK] At least three people have been reported killed and more than 100 supporters of Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistain (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 cop shoppe.

According to sources, there are severe traffic jams in different parts of Lahore. Traffic remains paralyzed at Yateem Khana Chowk, Ferozpur Road, Shahdara, Daroghwala Chowk. In Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
, traffic flow has been severely affected due to closure of various highways.

In a statement, party spokesperson Tayyab Rizvi said that there was no truth to reports that the protests had been called off. "They will continue till the French ambassador is deported," he said.

Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said , government has decided to take action against law-breakers ordered to reopen several road and entry and exits points that were closed due to protests by a religious party.

A high level meeting chaired by Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, decided action against those disturbing law and order situation, as well as ordered to suspend cellular and internet services for 24 hours in areas where the law and order situation deteriorates.

On the other hand, a meeting chaired by Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Law Minister Raja Basharat has decided to deploy Rangers along with police at 16 points of Lahore.

The TLP is protesting blasphemous caricatures published in La Belle France and demanding that the French ambassador be sent home and import of goods from that country banned.
Related:
Tehrik-e-Labbaik: 2021-04-13 TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi arrested from Lahore Scheme mor
Tehrik-e-Labbaik: 2020-11-26 Succession war in TLP: Afzal Qadri calls Khadim Rizvi's son 'mentally unstable' and 'drug addict'
Tehrik-e-Labbaik: 2020-11-18 Govt claims TLP has agreed to end protest demonstration in Islamabad
Posted by:Fred

00:00