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| Dozens detained as police use batons, tear gas to disperse violent TLP protest in Karachi |
| 2019-02-02 |
| [DAWN] Police on Friday resorted to tear gas shelling and baton charge to disperse protesting activists of the Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistain (TLP) in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , officials and witnesses said. At least 50 TLP workers were detained as the protesters demonstrated against the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the acquittal of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years wrongfully accused on death row in a blasphemy case. Following a protest call issued by the party, several TLP workers first started gathering at Sharfabad signal near Bahadurabad soon after Friday prayers. DIG East Amir Farooqi told Dawn that police had already asked the party to desist from holding any protests. The officer claimed that the religious party's workers pelted stones on moving vehicles, damaging the windows of many of them. They also allegedly damaged a police mobile. "The police used baton charge and tear gas to disperse them," he said. DIG Farooqi confirmed that a total of 50 TLP workers were jugged Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! after the violent protest was brought to an end. "The police will register a case against them under Section 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act (ATA) over charges of terror and rioting as they resorted to pelting stones, and damaged private and public vehicles," the bigwig revealed. |
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