At least three people and a policeman were killed while 40 other personnel injured as clashes between protesters and police continued in multiple cities of the country for a second day on Tuesday against the arrest of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Chief Saad Hussain Rizvi. The policeman was killed in overnight clashes with the protesters, Lahore police chief Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said. Amid sporadic violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement agencies, a significant number of the country’s major arteries remained blocked on Tuesday. An important meeting of Punjab’s Provincial Committee on Home Affairs was also held under the chairmanship of Law Minister Raja Basharat. Meanwhile, major sit-ins by a religious party which severely disrupted traffic and had thousands of people stranded for hours a day earlier continued on Tuesday.

Source: Pakistan Today April 13, 2021 18:33 UTC