Staff Reporter
Lahore
Police in Punjab has arrested at least 96 leaders and activists of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) ahead of the religious party’s November 15 protest.
Around 36 workers, including Amir Inayat-ul-Haq Shah of the party’s northern Punjab chapter were arrested in Rawalpindi, while 60 others were arrested from Attock, Chakwal and Jhelum. Those detained were kept in various police stations across the province as police conducted further raids to arrest party activists. Police in Lahore also raided the residence of TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi, but he could not be apprehended.
Despite the crackdown, TLP workers vowed to reach the protest venue, Liaquat Bagh, on November 15.
TLP has announced a march from Peshawar to Faizabad to protest against the blasphemous caricatures and France’s disrespect of the religion.