KARACHI – Far-right party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) took to thestreets in the country’s largest city against soaring inflation as ImranKhan-led PTI is fighting for political survival after opposition politicalparties moved a no-confidence motion in the country’s Parliament.
The march — led by TLP chief Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi, who was releasedfrom jail last year — started from Karachi Airport and ended atMazar-e-Quaid, while many of roads including Shahrah-e-Faisal were leftjammed as long queues of vehicles were lined up across the metropolis.
TLP comes to the streets of financial capital as consumer inflation jumpedin wake of higher food and energy prices which adds to growing politicalpressure facing Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Saad, the son of late Khadim Rizvi, slammed the PTI government as headdressed the charged participants. He also fired a salvo at the PDMalliance, saying the nation plunged into skyrocketed inflation while theopposition did nothing for the distressed masses.
As demands for Imran Khan’s resignation mount, he has no options ratherthan stepping down, Rizvi said. He, however, intimidated the oppositionalliance saying they would face another force in coming polls.
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Rizvi, the current chief of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) came inlimelight for holding violent protests while many cops have fallen victimto the group’s violence.
The right-wing party was banned last year however its jailed activists werefreed and the party was also allowed to contest elections under a deal withthe PTI government struck to end weeks of violent clashes.
