Overview
- Punjab extended Section 144 for seven days to October 24, prohibiting public gatherings, curbing loudspeaker use, and banning the display of weapons.
- After cabinet approval, the province sent a summary to the federal interior ministry to proscribe TLP under the Anti-Terrorism Act, with the nationwide ban still pending.
- Authorities sealed TLP offices, mosques and seminaries in Punjab and Islamabad, transferring management of multiple mosques and a seminary to the Auqaf Department.
- Police reported 681 arrests in Lahore and thousands detained across Punjab, with investigators using call records and social media data and moving cases under PECA and anti-terror laws, including First and Fourth Schedule actions.
- Officials cited extensive violence in recent clashes and prior protests, including 1,648 injured police personnel and an inspector killed, and ordered tighter school security with functional CCTV, metal detectors and bag checks.