Overview

• The Interior Ministry ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to suspend mobile and internet services in Islamabad and Rawalpindi from midnight Friday until further notice.
• Entry and exit routes to the capital are barricaded and the Red Zone is sealed, with limited access via Margalla Road for authorised personnel.
• Punjab imposed Section 144 for 10 days restricting gatherings and the use of loudspeakers, and Rawalpindi issued additional curbs including bans on pillion riding.
• Police raided TLP’s Lahore headquarters to arrest leader Saad Hussain Rizvi, triggering clashes that injured dozens, while the party alleges one supporter was killed, a claim not independently verified.
• Rawalpindi police arrested more than 150 activists, evacuated hotels and hostels along Murree Road, and a court remanded two TLP workers as officials weigh calling in Rangers.