Punjab toughens stand on TLP, illegal arms

GOVERNMENT ALSO TARGETS UNDOCUMENTED AFGHANS

- BY STEPHEN N. R.

Pakistan's Punjab government has launched an unprecedented crackdown on extremism, illegal arms and undocumented residents, with Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz leading “historic” and “extraordinary” measures to restore order in the province.

In a high-level law and order meeting chaired by the chief minister, the provincial leadership decided to recommend a federal ban on the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), following a spate of violent protests that left multiple people dead, including a police officer.