Police & Protesters Killed in Far-Right Protests in Pakistan

On October 22nd, two policemen and two demonstrators were killed in a recent surge of violence in Pakistan. Members of the banned far-right Islamist political party Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan (TLP) began a march from Lahore towards the national capital, Islamabad, demanding that the government release their leader, Saad Rizvi. Saad Hussain Rizvi, son of the party’s radical founder Khadim Hussain Rizvi, was arrested earlier this year while demanding that Pakistan expell the French ambassador due to France’s refusal to prevent the publication of blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. To stop the protesters from leaving Lahore, the Pakistani government has deployed police and paramilitary personnel, disabled mobile phone services, blocked trains, and even went so far as to dig wide trenches into the roads. Reportedly, hundreds of protesters have been injured, and the government has released 350 members connected to the TLP.

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Police & Protesters Killed as Far-Right Islamists Protest in Pakistan

Location: Pakistan