Overview

• Tehreek‑e‑Labbaik Pakistan launched a Lahore‑to‑Islamabad march to stage a demonstration near the US Embassy, framing it as support for Palestinians.
• Clashes in Lahore saw police use batons and tear gas as protesters threw stones, with Edhi reporting injured officers transported to hospitals.
• Casualty figures are disputed, with a TLP spokesperson citing one dead and 22 injured, AP reporting TLP claims of two dead and 50 wounded, and a later TLP video claim of 11 deaths not verified by officials.
• Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry said more than a dozen police and Rangers were wounded and cited video evidence of firearms being discharged and Safe City cameras destroyed.
• Authorities blocked routes with shipping containers, suspended mobile internet in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, imposed Section 144 in Punjab, and ordered school closures in parts of Lahore.