Banned TLP holds sit-ins after workers, leaders arrested

A large presence of law enforcers has been reported around the Yateem Khana Chowk area in Lahore

LAHORE:

The banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Thursday continued it sit-ins in different cities of the country against the recent arrests of its party worker and leaders. 

A sit-in is also being held near Yateem Khana Chowk in Lahore.

The Punjab government is on alert in case the situation deteriorates and has further issued a security alert at all entry and exit points of Lahore.

A large presence of law enforcers has been reported around the Yateem Khana Chowk area and internet services have also been reportedly suspended. 

Roads from Kali Kothi, Iqbal Town, Scheme Moor, Sodiwal, Niazi Ada, and Samanabad have been sealed with barbed wire and containers

Read Lahore DC orders TLP chief's release

Earlier in October, the Punjab government approached the Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry challenging the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) order for the release of TLP chief Hafiz Saad Rizvi.

The provincial government implored the apex court that the LHC had failed to note the intent and purport behind the introduction of the Section 11EEE [powers to arrest and detain suspected persons] of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997