New Delhi: At least one police officer and three protesters were killed Monday as members of far-Right Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) clashed with security personnel on one of the country’s busiest highways during their protest against Israel over the war on Gaza.
The hardline TLP, whose often violent street protests have troubled multiple Pakistani governments, had called for the march ahead of US President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of a ceasefire deal to end the Gaza war.
The clashes occurred during the TLP’s march from Lahore to capital Islamabad, nearly 400 km away, along the Grand Trunk Road. The march started Friday, with TLP members vowing to stage a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy. The embassy issued a security advisory ahead o