Tag: Saad Rizvi

Massive protests have erupted in Balochistan's port city of Gwadar against unnecessary checkpoints, a severe shortage of water and electricity and threats to livelihoods from illegal fishing- part of a growing backlash against China's multibillion-dollar belt and road projects. The protesters demand the removal of the check posts, availability ...

ISLAMABAD —  Thousands of protesters from a banned Islamist group traveled toward Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, Friday in a bid to get their leader released from prison and force the government to expel the French ambassador. The leader of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Saad Rizvi, has been in detention since April, ...

At least three Pakistani policemen were shot dead and 70 more wounded when supporters of a banned Iparty opened fire at a rally on Wednesday, the country’s interior minister said.The outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has been behind major anti-France protests that earlier this year led to the embassy issuing ...

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: To avoid a standoff with banned Islamist outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the Imran Khan government has released 350 activists of the group. The Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan had threatened to hold a "long march" to Islamabad. “We have released 350 TLP workers up to now and we are still ...

The radical Tehreek-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party on Sunday agreed to suspend its march from Lahore toward the capital Islamabad after the government said it would drop pending charges against the party's leader and consider the expulsion of the French ambassador. "The issue of expelling the French ambassador will be taken to ...

The hard-line Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) said on Saturday that "at least seven" of its supporters had died in clashes with authorities in the eastern city of Lahore. Spokesperson Saddam Bukhari also said hundreds more had been injured after the brutal use of force by police. Thousands of TLP supporters have blocked roads ...

The French embassy in Pakistan on Thursday advised all French nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country, after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts of the country this week.“Due to the serious threats to French interests in Pakistan, French nationals and French companies are advised to temporarily leave ...

#Pakistan News Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Wednesday proposed that the government outlaw a religious political party after violence shook the streets of the country following the arrest of the radical party's leader which prompted clashes between its supporters and police forces, leaving five people dead. Saad ...

Pakistan police used tear gas and water cannon on Monday on thousands of supporters of an Islamist anti-blasphemy party after the arrest of their leader, who has called for the expulsion of the French ambassador.Anti-French sentiment has been simmering for months in Pakistan since the government of President Emmanuel ...