Overview

• Punjab police said an SHO was shot dead in Muridke, three TLP supporters and a bystander also died, and dozens were injured including 17 officers by gunfire.
• Security forces dispersed the protest camp after hours of clashes involving stones, spiked batons, petrol bombs and arson, with officials reporting about 40 vehicles set ablaze.
• Officials said roughly 170 people linked to TLP were detained under the Maintenance of Public Order in Sahiwal division as searches for organisers continued.
• TLP accused security forces of using lethal weapons and said its leader Saad Hussain Rizvi was wounded, claims not confirmed by authorities.
• Motorways and key routes around Lahore and Islamabad were repeatedly closed and reopened, and some Islamabad schools dismissed students early due to law-and-order concerns.