Overview
- At a Multan press conference, former Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan ticket holders from South Punjab announced they were disassociating from the group’s politics.
- The speakers, including Muhammad Hussain Babar and Rao Arif Sajjad, said the decision was voluntary and not made under external pressure.
- They expressed solidarity with the Pakistan Armed Forces and praised the military’s response to Indian aggression.
- The ex-members rejected recent TLP protest calls linked to Gaza, calling them harmful to national unity during a period of external challenges.
- One former candidate alleged the Saad Rizvi-led leadership was serving anti-state interests, as the split followed the federal ban on TLP under the Anti-Terrorism Act and a Punjab police crackdown with hundreds arrested.