Pakistan on high alert: No internet, Section 144 imposed, entry roads sealed in Islamabad, Rawalpindi; here is why
This comes after its violent clashes in Lahore with TLP party members over an anti-Israel protest that had left many injured on Thursday
This comes after its violent clashes in Lahore with TLP party members over an anti-Israel protest that had left many injured on Thursday
This comes after its violent clashes in Lahore with TLP party members over an anti-Israel protest that had left many injured on Thursday
This comes after its violent clashes in Lahore with TLP party members over an anti-Israel protest that had left many injured on Thursday
Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif-led government has cut off mobile and internet connectivity in Islamabad and Rawalpindi ahead of the planned 'Labbaik Ya Aqsa Million March' by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a radical Islamist party.
According to a letter sent to the country's Public Relations Department and approved by Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi, internet services in both cities will be suspended indefinitely from midnight on Saturday.
Routes into the capital city have also been blocked.
A Section 144 order, which bans more than four people from gathering in public places, has also been imposed for 10 days on these two cities by Pakistan's Punjab police. However, the order will not apply to prayers, weddings, funerals, offices, or court premises.
This comes after its violent clashes in Lahore with TLP party members over an anti-Israel protest that had left many injured on Thursday.
In that regard, ahead of a TLP announcement about an anti-Israel protest outside Islamabad's US embassy on Friday, the Punjab police arrested TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi.
(This is a developing story.)