Pakistani policemen collect in entrance of a burning highway tax assortment level after it was set on hearth by activists of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) celebration, in Lahore on October 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP
The metropolis was just about paralysed following violent clashes between police and the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) employees, who additionally wished to go to Islamabad to stage a protest towards Israel’s aggression on Gaza.
The web and mobile community remained suspended within the areas of Lahore the place TLP supporters gathered.
According to the police, the protesters pelted officers with stones, beat them with sticks and broken public property.
“Multan Road remained a battlefield after Friday’s prayers between the supporters of the TLP and law enforcers as the former pressed their way to Islamabad. Several policemen and TLP workers were injured in the clashes,” a senior Punjab police officer instructed PTI.
He mentioned a minimum of 15 policemen had been injured within the clashes with the TLP employees.
An announcement by Edhi spokesperson mentioned Edhi volunteers moved the injured police personnel to numerous hospitals within the metropolis.
At least 12,000-strong TLP males managed to succeed in Azadi Chowk, near the exit level of Lahore.
“They camped at the Azadi Chowk, and a heavy contingent of police and Rangers were deployed there to stop them from reaching Islamabad,” the police officer mentioned, including that over 200 TLP employees have been arrested in Lahore and different components of Punjab province thus far.
A heavy contingent of police and Rangers blocked all roads resulting in the U.S. Consulate General Lahore. All main arteries of Lahore confronted huge visitors congestion as a result of TLP protest.
A TLP spokesperson claimed that two TLP employees had been killed and over 100 others injured, a few of them critically, in clashes with the regulation enforcers.
The clashes between the TLP supporters and the regulation enforcers started late on Wednesday (October 7) evening following the previous’s announcement to stage a protest exterior the U.S. embassy in Islamabad in solidarity with Palestinians.
To stop TLP supporters from reaching Islamabad, the police launched a crackdown on the headquarters of the TLP on Multan Road with transport containers and sealed the town’s entry/exit factors. Police couldn’t arrest TLP head Saad Hussain Rizvi.
Meanwhile, the Punjab authorities has imposed Section 144 throughout the province for 10 days.
On Friday (October 9), an anti-terrorism court docket handed over 110 TLP activists to police on a 12-day bodily remand in a case of violent protests and assaults on police personnel.
The police produced the arrested suspects earlier than the court docket, looking for their custody for interrogation.
ATC-I Judge Manzer Ali Gill granted 12 days’ bodily remand and directed the police to hold out the investigation strictly in accordance with the regulation.
Earlier, the U.S. embassy in Islamabad posted on social media that “the US consulates basic in Lahore, Karachi, and Peshawar are monitoring deliberate protest exercise throughout Pakistan on October 10”.
“These protests could trigger visitors delays/detours because of closed or blocked roads within the neighborhood of the demonstrations. The period of the protests is unknown. We advise U.S. residents to keep away from giant gatherings and stay conscious of their environment,” the embassy mentioned.
Published – October 10, 2025 10:26 pm IST
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