Police personnel use a water cannon to disperse TLP supporters during a protest in Lahore on April 13. AFP
Law enforcement agencies and officials on Wednesday moved to clear Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) activists from roads in different cities of the country as protests entered a third day.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the government will deal with an iron fist with those who take the law into their own hands,
Chairing a meeting in Islamabad to review the law and order situation, he directed law enforcement agencies to ensure the writ of the state at all costs.
He said that motorways, GT Road and other roads have been cleared for traffic, adding that Pakistan Rangers have done an excellent job in collaborating with the police and the administration in this regard.