Overview

• Police said a pre-dawn clearance in Muridke dispersed thousands of Tehreek‑e‑Labbaik Pakistan supporters and reopened most routes, with mobile data services largely restored in affected areas.
• Officials reported at least five fatalities, including a station house officer, and dozens injured on both sides, while authorities accused protesters of arson that destroyed about 40 vehicles and of opening fire on officers.
• Punjab Police and courts registered terrorism and rioting cases, with an anti-terrorism court granting 11-day physical remand for more than 100 detainees and additional arrests reported since the march began.
• Negotiations with TLP failed to yield a written agreement before the operation, following days of road blockades, heavy security deployments, and rolling internet restrictions in Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad.
• TLP alleges excessive force, higher casualties, and that leader Saad Hussain Rizvi was shot, claims denied by police and unverified, with the Punjab IGP saying Rizvi was neither arrested nor injured.