Pakistan's Muridke remains a battlefield between Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protesters and law enforcement personnel, with the party claiming that more than 250 of its workers have been killed and more than 1,500 injured so far.
This follows claims that TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi was shot multiple times and was critically injured during the intense clashes.
Rizvi's condition remains serious, and he was taken to a nearby medical centre, where he is receiving treatment, a TLP spokesperson added, as per a Bhaskar English report.
Pakistan's Punjab police have since claimed that the TLP protesters at Muridke had been dispersed.
The TLP protesters had camped at Muridke since the Punjab police had blocked entry into Islamabad. The TLP party workers had planned to stage a protest in support of Gaza outside the US Embassy in Islamabad.
(More details are awaited.)
