New Delhi: Pakistan banned its far-Right Islamic party Tehreek e Labbaik on Thursday under the Anti Terrorsim Act, days after the party clashed with the Punjab Police over a solidarity march for Palestine. While most Pakistanis celebrated the move, saying that the ‘country is healing rapidly’, there were a few skeptics. They called it a ‘staged drama’.

“It is practically impossible to permanently eliminate religious terrorist organizations like TLP or TTP without also ending the Pakistan Army’s illegitimate rule and occupation. Such a move would lead to the complete collapse of the Pakistan Army. Therefore, it is not possible. All this is certainly a staged drama to achieve short-term objectives,” Pakistani independent journalist Ahmad Noorani, who is currently in exile, wrote on X.

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