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DIG Iqbal Dara, chief of the Karachi Traffic Police, on Wednesday issued a traffic security plan for the martyrdom day of Hazrat Ali (RA). The spokesman for the traffic police said that on 21st Ramazan, 1442, i.e. May 4, 2021, a procession in connection with the Shahadat Day of Hazrat Ali (RA) will be taken out from the Nishtar Park to the Hussainian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar.
It will be mandatory to get stickers to be displayed on the windscreens of vehicles. The law enforcement agencies, district administration, ambulances and media organisations will submit their applications for stickers from April 29 to May 2, 2021, in the office of the DIG Traffic (Traffic Security Branch), Police Headquarters Garden, Aga Khan-III Road, Karachi, and obtain stickers on May 3 between 10am and 4pm.
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.
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April 14, 2021
KARACHI: The law enforcement agencies continued to take action against the protesters creating law and order situation in the city following the arrest of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi.
The police started action against the protesters, sit-ins and miscreants and arrested those involved in disrupting the law and order situation in the city.
In district East, five different FIRs at four different police stations, including Soldier Bazaar, New Town, PIB Colony and Jamshed Quarters, were registered against 30 miscreants, in whch two FIRs were registered under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
According to district Malir SSP Irfan Bahadur, who was also wounded after the protesters pelted the police with stones, the Star Gate area was badly affected in the Malir district. However, a heavy contingent of law enforcers controlled the situation and arrested 16 miscreants and registered a case at the Airport Police Station.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed addresses a press conference on Wednesday. DawnNewsTV
Police personnel use a water cannon to disperse TLP supporters during a protest in Lahore on April 13. AFP
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday announced that the government had decided to ban the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), whose supporters and workers have been carrying out violent protests across the country for three days after the arrest of their chief.
In a tweet, he said the religiopolitical outfit would be banned under Rule 11(b) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997.
Rashid said the Punjab government had recommended a ban on the organisation, for which a summary was being sent to the federal cabinet.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday announced that the government had decided to ban the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), whose supporters and workers have been carrying out violent protests across the country for three days after the arrest of their chief.
In a tweet, he said the religiopolitical outfit would be banned under Rule 11(b) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997.
Rashid said the Punjab government had recommended a ban on the organisation, for which a summary was being sent to the federal cabinet.
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad earlier, Rashid said TLP leaders used to come to all rounds of talks with the government after issuing instructions to their workers regarding road closures.