Prime Minister of Interior Talal Chaudhry accused Tehreek-E-Labbaik Pakistan of trying to encourage unrest under the pretext of demonstrating for Gaza, despite the recent announcement of a peace plan and ceasefire adapting Palestinian demands.
In a speech with journalists outside Parliament on Thursday, Chaudhry claimed that TLP’s planned march from Faizabad to the US Embassy, called “Aqsa Million March”, was less about solidarity and more about creating chaos.
According to Express News, Rawalpindi administration and police have devised a comprehensive security plan and launched a crash to withhold key -TLP activists. Officials confirmed that at least 117 workers had been taken into custody from different parts of the city.
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“After calls for protests in Islamabad on the Gaza question, action was taken over all provinces,” said Chaudhry. “Those arrested were not found with leaflets, but with weapons and materials intended for police attacks.”
He said the authorities had regained spikes sticks, chemicals, glass pills, scales, tear gas shells and protective masks from TLP conductors. “Now that peace has been established in Palestine, they seem upset and want to create suffering under the guise of protests,” he added.
The Minister emphasized that the federal government allows peaceful demonstrations strictly within the framework of standard operation procedures (SOP).
“For example, Jamaat-e-Islami held an allowed event near the Faisal Mosque today while fully complying with SOP. Has TLP even sought permission or secured compliance with these SOPs?” He asked.
Chaudhry criticized the group’s leadership for “inflammatory speeches and provocative behavior” who questioned why they seemed to oppose peace of Palestinians. “Just as Palestinians want peace, Pakistan does too,” he noted.
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He reiterated that those detained in Punjab and Islamabad had ammunition, chemicals, tear gas masks and shell cannons, objects “clearly intended to help with violent confrontations.”
“I can say with certainty that those arrested in Islamabad are senior TLP officials and workers,” Chaudhry claimed, remembering that the group had tried to divert public attention throughout the same way during previous episodes of Indian aggression.
He promised zero tolerance for extremism and said that Pakistan “will not allow any group to destabilize the country under political or religious prerequisites” and promised litigation against those found guilty.
Minister Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s proactive approach to the Palestinian case highlighted the minister of Pakistan’s humanitarian and diplomatic contributions.
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“Pakistan has sent medicine, food aid, provided medical education to Palestinian children and established temporary hospitals for the wounded. No other country has done so much,” he said.
He added that Pakistan was among eight Muslim nations involved with US President Donald Trump to discuss a nearly 20-point peace agenda for Palestine. “Pakistan opened open in these discussions, and the first phase of the plan has already been accepted,” noted Chaudhry.
“The population of Palestine wants peace and a homeland – not protests or empty slogans,” he said, calling Gaza weapons a “victory for the Muslim Ummah.”
Chaudhry condemned TLP’s planned demonstrations such as “a political stunt disguised as solidarity.” “Funds are not raised for food or medicine, but to buy spiked sticks,” he concluded.
