ISLAMABAD – A large-scale operation has been started against the TLPworkers in Islamabad like other parts of the country.
According to the police officials, 198 workers were arrested from variousparts of the capital in the crackdown for violation of section 144Cr.PC andthey would be prosecuted under section 188. SSP (Operations) supervised thecrackdown.
The police picked active leaders of the organization amidst calls forprotest. The audio and video messages were put on social media by the TLPleaders to invite the workers to assemble at Faizabad interchange — astrategic point for both the protesters and the law-enforcing agencies whenit comes to routine life in the city.
Messages with warning against the appeals for the protest and becoming partof the ‘propaganda’ launched in the wake of news of arrest of MaulanaKhadim Rizvi were also seen on the social media and the violators werewarned of strict action by the FIA.
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Pir Muhammad Afzal Qadri, a TLP senior leader in a video message said thatthe government attacked Namoos-e-Risalat and freed a blasphemer. He saidboth the Army and Imran Khan are being backed by the Qadianis. Qadricorroborated that police was raiding their mosques in order to arrestleaders.
He said it’s high time to come on the roads for the sake ofNamoos-e-Risalat. In the crackdown, the Bhara Kahu police picked at least17 persons including Qari Abdur Raheem Chishti of Jamia MasjidAnwar-e-Madina,
