Overview

• In Islamabad, authorities sealed TLP offices and affiliated mosques and seminaries in Bhara Kahu and along Murree Road, with arrests of workers and fresh cases reported.
• Punjab moved to recommend a nationwide ban on TLP, pursue Schedule‑4 placement for its leadership, freeze bank accounts, and transfer party properties to the Auqaf Department.
• Section 144 remains enforced across Punjab through October 18 with prohibitions on public gatherings, weapons and provocative speech, and violations routed to anti-terrorism courts.
• Police reported 305 terrorism cases and 480 other cases linked to the unrest, about 3,400 arrests across multiple districts, and plans to use AI to identify additional suspects.
• The government reiterated zero tolerance for violence as police said TLP chief Saad Rizvi has been traced with an arrest expected, alongside a money‑laundering probe after alleged cash recovery in Lahore.