ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province on Sunday extended a ban on the gathering of four or more persons by another seven days till Nov. 9, the provincial home department said, in a bid to maintain law and order and public peace.
The ban was initially imposed on Oct. 8 amid violent protests by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) religio-political party, and has since been extended multiple times.
TLP supporters had clashed with police on the outskirts of Lahore on their way to Islamabad. The clashes had killed five people, including two policemen, and injured more than 100 others.
The party said its march toward Islamabad was for peaceful purposes, but the violent protests prompted the Pakistani government to declare the TLP as a proscribed organization.
“Home Department, Government of the Punjab, vide Order of even number dated October 25, 2025 imposed following restrictions under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, across the entire Province,” the Punjab home department said in a notification on Sunday, adding that the restrictions have been extended by another seven days.
