Over the past few days Pakistan has cracked down on the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a far-right Islamist group that was leading protest marches across Punjab province. The Pakistan military drove armoured personnel carriers through TLP protesters crowds as they marched towards Islamabad, shooting and killing dozens of people. Labbaik chief Saad Hussain Rizvi was shot and wounded while leading streets protests on October 14, his fate is uncertain. Internet blackouts have been imposed in Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The violence unfolded even as Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif obsequiously fawned over President Donald Trump in Sharm-el-Sheikh as the Gaza peace plan was being initialled.
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