Tag: TLP

LAHORE: Succumbing to the demands of a radical Islamist party, the Pakistan government has agreed to try blasphemy suspects under terrorism charges in addition to the other sections of the country's penal code.The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) ended its 25-day-long march protest at Sarai Alamgir, Gujrat district, some 200 km ...

ON CAMERA: TLP terrorists destroy minarets of Ahmadi mosque in Pakistan's Karachi; shocking video surfaces | Karachi (Pakistan): A shocking video has emerged from Pakistan where a group of miscreants from the extremist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) were seen destroying the minarets of an Ahmadi mosque in Karachi. Video shows micreants ...

Just a week ago, a video surfaced on social media, purportedly showing two Pakistan Army majors and a DSP Swat in the captivity of the TTP in Matta, Swat, Malakand Division. In the video, one Taliban captor asks the injured DSP whether he had not been informed about them. ...

It is hard not to have any notions about Pakistan, even if one has never visited it.A country next door to Afghanistan – now ruled by the Taliban – with a government that, like its neighbour, is often perceived to enable and even support religious extremism.I will not argue ...

The attackers were all young. Many of those who watched the gruesome spectacle were teenagers. No one showed any sense of shock at the bestiality that was taking place. Several were busy filming the ghastly scene rather approvingly. There was not even a feeble voice of protest when the ...

Despite a democratic Constitution, there seems to have been a move towards authoritarian rule in Pakistan with a concerted effort to silence and delegitimise any voices of Opposition, political or otherwise. These efforts have been augmented through regulatory directives, undemocratic ordinances, extra-legal measures and aggressive public messaging. The only ...

Lahore: In a grisly incident, a top Sri Lankan executive of a garment factory was lynched and his body burnt by angry supporters of a hardline Islamist party which attacked the facility in Pakistan's Punjab province over blasphemy allegations on Friday, police said. Priyantha Kumara, who was in his ...

Last month, Pakistan lifted a ban on the hardline Islamist party, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), which has been the face of anti-France protests over the reprinting of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The TLP's jailed leader, as well as hundreds of his supporters, were released and the party will now ...

Pakistan’s Ignoble Capitulation-Part I: ‘Mainstreaming’ TLP Nilesh Kunwar  “Bizarre that the government is negotiating and accepting the demands of “India-sponsored and India-directed”organisations.” – Hasan Zaidi, Pakistani Journalist and Filmmaker, October 25, 2021 In November 2017, protesters belonging to severalSunni religious groups from the Barelvi school of Islam led by ...

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 ...