South Punjab Ticket Holders Quit TLP

South Punjab ticket holders quit TLP

A number of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) ticket holders from South Punjab announced on Friday that they were parting ways with the banned group, saying its latest protest call was unjustified and detrimental to the country's interests. Addressing a press conference in Multan, the former TLP ticket holders said their decision to part ways was made without any external pressure. They criticised the party leadership for "exploiting the Palestin…

TLP’s South Punjab leadership announces disassociation from proscribed outfit

Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) leadership cadre from South Punjab on Friday announced their disassociation from the proscribed religiopolitical party in the wake of the ban imposed on the group for violence and rioting. The interior ministry notified the ban on the TLP last week, saying that the federal government had “reasonable grounds” to believe the religiopolitical party was connected to terrorism. “The Pakistan Army is under threat fro…