LAHORE – Former ticket holders of banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from Multan and South Punjab publicly severed ties with controversial Religiopolitical party.
Speaking at a presser in Multan, Hussain Babar, a former TLP candidate, accused the party of fueling unnecessary protests at a time when Pakistan was grappling with critical external challenges. “We joined TLP to defend the sanctity of the Prophet and safeguard Pakistan’s ideological borders,” Babar said. “But its violent agenda is something we cannot be part of.”
He further alleged that Saad Rizvi led party was acting on behalf of anti-state forces, leaving him and his colleagues no choice but to break away.
The move comes in the wake of the federal cabinet’s historic decision to declare TLP a banned organization under the Anti-Terrorism Act, following violent clashes in Lahore and Muridke during TLP’s so-called ‘Gaza March’ protest against the recent Gaza peace deal.
Recent protests turned deadly, prompting a massive crackdown by Punjab police, with hundreds of TLP activists arrested across the province. The mass defection could signal turning point for the party, already reeling under government scrutiny and public backlash.
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