Lahore, Oct 18 (PTI) Pakistan's Punjab police have so far arrested over 5,500 members of a radical Islamist party following violent clashes earlier this week over plans to stage an anti-Israel demonstration.

The supporters of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) launched a protest march on Friday last with the mission to stage a sit-in in front of the US Embassy in Islamabad in support of the people of Palestine. Subsequently, Pakistani authorities closed major roads leading to Islamabad to block the entry of protesters and suspended mobile internet services to disrupt their communication.

On Monday this week, 16 people, including policemen, were killed and over 1,600 injured in clashes between police and TLP supporters at Muridke, some 60 km from Lahore, the Punjab police said.

The TLP, ho

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