Ban on TLP Ends Movement That Weaponised Religion

ISLAMABAD — The federal government’s decision to ban the hardline religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has effectively dismantled a group accused of weaponising religion to spread discord and issue excommunication edicts. In a detailed analysis, prominent commentator Ammar Masood said the party had long operated as a pressure group rather…

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No Other Option But to Ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik

As the federal government moves swiftly towards declaring Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) a proscribed organisation, law enforcement agencies have intensified efforts to apprehend the group’s chief, Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi, and his brother Anas Rizvi, both wanted in connection with the murder of a police inspector and several anti-state…

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