By Admin 
Pakistan’s Cabinet on Thursday (23 October 2025) approved the decision to ban the extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party under the anti-terrorism law. This party had recently organized violent demonstrations in the country. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a cabinet meeting in which the Punjab government’s proposal to outlaw the religious group under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 was discussed. The Cabinet unanimously approved the ban, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement, adding that the Home Ministry presented a summary of the Punjab government’s request and provided information on TLP’s “violent and terrorist activities” in the country. It was told in the meeting that this organization established in 2016 has instigated violence across the country.
Due to this organization, incidents of violence have taken place in different parts of the country. It is told that TLP was also banned in 2021, which was lifted after six months on the condition that the party will not indulge in unrest and violent activities in future. It said that one of the reasons for the current ban on the organization is its reneging on the guarantees given in 2021. After the ban, TLP will be included in the list of banned groups by the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NSTA). This list already includes extremist groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Lashkar-e-Taiba and terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Who took the decision to ban TLP?
The decision to ban TLP was taken by the Punjab government in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on October 16. The decision was taken five days after the religious-political party launched a protest march in Lahore. It launched a protest called the ‘Gaza Solidarity March’ on 11 October and pledged to reach Islamabad and protest outside the US Embassy. However, it camped at Muridke, about 60 kilometers from Lahore, from where it was driven out on 13 October. Around 16 people, including policemen, were killed and more than 1,600 others were injured in clashes between police and TLP supporters in Muridke. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s anti-cyber crime agency has arrested more than 100 social media activists of radical Islamic party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) for posting inflammatory posts. A provincial minister gave this information on Thursday.
107 social media activists arrested
Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari told a press conference here, ‘We have arrested 107 social media workers (of TLP) for posting inflammatory posts and blocked 75 such accounts.’ Punjab Police claims that more than 6,000 TLP workers have been arrested so far after the violent clashes that took place last week. The government has so far sealed 61 madrassas run by this fundamentalist party. The Auqaf department of the Punjab government has been handed over the control of all the mosques and madrassas of TLP. The TLP has claimed that police fired directly at ‘unarmed’ protesters, killing dozens of supporters and injuring thousands who wanted to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people.
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