Overview

• Authorities sealed major entry routes to the capital, placed containers at key junctions, and closed approaches to the Red Zone and Faizabad.
• Mobile internet service was cut in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and parts of Lahore as police enforced Section 144 and expanded checkpoints and roadblocks.
• The federal plan deployed more than 5,500 personnel from Rangers, Frontier Corps, Punjab Police and Islamabad Police, with additional reinforcements on the capital’s perimeter.
• Clashes in Lahore continued with batons and tear gas used by police and stones thrown by protesters; officials reported injured security personnel as TLP supporters advanced.
• Police reported dozens to hundreds of arrests across cities, while TLP alleged protester deaths that remained unverified by authorities and independent sources.