TLP approaches Interior Ministry to lift ban on outfit

According to sources, the leaders of TLP have filed a petition seeking review of the ban and have also approached interior ministry in this regard.

Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has summoned a meeting tomorrow to review the petition of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.

On April 12, violent protests were sparked by the arrest of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leader Saad Rizvi in Lahore on unspecified charges.

The protestors blocked several roads of major cities including Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi causing massive jams. Clashes between police and demonstrators were also reported from Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and several other cities where police officials fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse the protesters, who fought back in some places by pelting stones at police officers.

Following that, on April 14 government announced to ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan. The development came on the same day that NACTA also added TLP to its list of proscribed outfits.