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{{Short description|Far-right Islamist Political Party in Pakistan}}

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| leader2_name = Syed Zaheer Ul Hasan Shah

| founder = [[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]]

| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|br=y|2015|08|1}} [[Nishtar Park]], [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]]<ref name="NLM1">{{Cite web|title=Rise of the TLP|url=https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/rise-of-the-tlp/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=Newsline|language=en|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829213920/https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/rise-of-the-tlp/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| banned = 15 April 2021

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[[Pan-Islamism]]<ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan">{{cite web | url=http://labbaik.pk/ | title=Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan | website=labbaik.pk | access-date=10 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110185110/http://labbaik.pk/ | archive-date=2017-11-10 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Islamic extremism]]<ref name="bow">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430925|title='We will not bow to extremists': Govt hits back after vicious campaign targets Atif Mian|date=4 September 2018|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|access-date=22 January 2020|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225211530/https://www.dawn.com/news/1430925|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="indianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/tehreek-e-labbaik-pakistan-saad-hussain-rizvi-protests-imran-khan-7281260/|work=Indian Express|title=Explained: How radical outfit forced Pakistan hand in move to expel French envoy|date=27 April 2021|url-access=subscription|access-date=31 May 2021|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425231808/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/tehreek-e-labbaik-pakistan-saad-hussain-rizvi-protests-imran-khan-7281260/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Barelvi]] [[Islamism]]<ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Islamic fundamentalism]]<ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Social conservatism]]<ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Religious nationalism]]<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/large-religious-protests-halt-traffic-in-islamabad-and-rawalpindi/2017/11/11/be2eac66-c6fa-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html |title=Large religious protests halt traffic in Islamabad and Rawalpindi |first1=Shaiq |last1=Hussain |first2=Pamela |last2=Constable |author2-link=Pamela Constable |date=11 November 2017 |access-date=18 December 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=6 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206214255/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/large-religious-protests-halt-traffic-in-islamabad-and-rawalpindi/2017/11/11/be2eac66-c6fa-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Religious conservatism]]<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/><ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Persecution of Ahmadis|Anti-Ahmadi]]<ref name=bow/> [[LGBT rights opposition|Anti-LGBT]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://immigrationequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pakistan-2020-LGBT-index-and-exhibits.pdf|title=INDEX TO DOCUMENTATION OF COUNTRY CONDITIONS REGARDING PERSECUTION OF LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS IN PAKISTAN|website=immigrationequality.org|access-date=30 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430042158/https://immigrationequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pakistan-2020-LGBT-index-and-exhibits.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

| position = [[Far-right politics|Far-right]]<ref name="eaf"/><ref name="bljz">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/features/tehreek-labbaik-campaigns-blasphemy-180705154014562.html|title=Tehreek-e-Labbaik: New far right campaigns|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=3 November 2018|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922075531/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/features/tehreek-labbaik-campaigns-blasphemy-180705154014562.html|url-status=live}}</ref>▼

|date=27 April 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Barelvi]] [[Islamism]]<ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Islamic fundamentalism]]<ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Social conservatism]]<ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Religious nationalism]]<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/large-religious-protests-halt-traffic-in-islamabad-and-rawalpindi/2017/11/11/be2eac66-c6fa-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html|title=Large religious protests halt traffic in Islamabad and Rawalpindi |first1=Shaiq |last1=Hussain |first2=Pamela |last2=Constable |author2-link=Pamela Constable |date=11 November 2017 |access-date=18 December 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Religious conservatism]]<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/><ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/> [[Persecution of Ahmadis|Anti-Ahmadi]]<ref name=bow/> [[LGBT rights opposition|Anti-LGBT]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://immigrationequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pakistan-2020-LGBT-index-and-exhibits.pdf|title=INDEX TO DOCUMENTATION OF COUNTRY CONDITIONS REGARDING PERSECUTION OF LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS IN PAKISTAN|website=immigrationequality.org}}</ref>}}

▲| position = [[Far-right politics|Far-right]]<ref name="eaf"/><ref name="bljz">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/features/tehreek-labbaik-campaigns-blasphemy-180705154014562.html|title=Tehreek-e-Labbaik: New far right campaigns|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>

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| religion = [[Islam]]

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| country = Pakistan

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~~| seats1_title = [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]]~~

~~| seats1 = ''Assembly dissolved''~~

~~| seats2_title = [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]]~~

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~~| seats3_title = [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Sindh Assembly]]~~

~~| seats3 = ''Assembly dissolved''~~

| seats4_title = [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Punjab Assembly]]

| seats4 = ~~''Assembly~~{{Composition ~~dissolved''~~bar|1|371|green}}

~~| seats5_title = [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KP Assembly]]~~

~~| seats5 = ''Assembly dissolved''~~

~~| seats6_title = [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|Balochistan Assembly]]~~

~~| seats6 = Assembly dissolved~~

~~| seats7_title = [[Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly|AJK Assembly]]~~

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~~| seats8_title = [[Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly|GB Assembly]]~~

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'''Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan''' ({{Lang-ur|تحریکِ لبیک پاکستان|lit="[[Talbiyah|Here-I-Am]] Movement Pakistan"}}; {{Small|abbr.}} '''TLP''') is a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] ~~Islamic~~[[Islamism|Islamist]] political party in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samad |first=Harris |date=2022-01-15 |title=Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan: An emerging right-wing threat to Pakistan's democracy |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/southasiasource/tehreek-e-labbaik-pakistan-an-emerging-right-wing-threat/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Atlantic Council |language=en-US |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821120750/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/southasiasource/tehreek-e-labbaik-pakistan-an-emerging-right-wing-threat/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/14/pakistan-to-ban-far-right-religious-party-after-violent-protest|title=Pakistan 'to ban' far-right religious party after deadly protests|first=Asad|last=Hashim|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-date=19 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819024334/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/14/pakistan-to-ban-far-right-religious-party-after-violent-protest|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="indianexpress.com"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/27/pakistani-law-minister-quits-zahid-hamid|title=Pakistani law minister quits after weeks of anti-blasphemy protests|last1=Abbas|first1=Nosheen|last2=Rasmussen|first2=Sune Engel|date=27 November 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=15 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015105824/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/27/pakistani-law-minister-quits-zahid-hamid|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="eaf">{{Cite journal|url=http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/12/27/democracy-between-military-might-and-the-ultra-right-in-pakistan/|title=Democracy between military might and the ultra-right in Pakistan|last=Yousaf|first=Farooq|date=27 December 2017|website=East Asia Forum|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202435/http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/12/27/democracy-between-military-might-and-the-ultra-right-in-pakistan/|url-status=live}}</ref> The party was founded by [[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]] in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nation.com.pk/04-Nov-2017/tehreek-labik-to-hold-islamabad-long-march | title=Tehreek Labik to hold Islamabad long march | website=nation.com.pk | date=4 November 2017 | access-date=10 November 2017 | archive-date=6 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806170954/https://nation.com.pk/04-Nov-2017/tehreek-labik-to-hold-islamabad-long-march | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TLP banned: What does it mean?|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/345461-tlp-banned-what-does-it-mean|access-date=2021-04-15|website=www.geo.tv|language=en|archive-date=8 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208101555/https://www.geo.tv/latest/345461-tlp-banned-what-does-it-mean|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan to ban radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/pakistan-to-ban-radical-islamist-party-tehreek-e-labbaik-pakistan-tlp20210414215741/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=ANI News|language=en|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404192812/https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/pakistan-to-ban-radical-islamist-party-tehreek-e-labbaik-pakistan-tlp20210414215741/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the fifth largest party in Pakistan at the time of the [[2018 Pakistani general election]], and secured over 2.2 million votes.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="TLP votes 2018" /> It failed to win any seat in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] or the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Punjab Assembly]], but won three seats in the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Sindh Assembly]].

Tehreek-e-Labbaik is known for its violent protests against any changes to the [[blasphemy law in Pakistan]],<ref name="bljz"/> ~~The~~the ~~TLP~~killing ~~demanded~~of ~~the~~police,<ref ~~rule~~name="ICG-NEoSViP-2022-11">{{cite book |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep42808.7 |title=A New Era of ~~law~~Sectarian Violence in Pakistan |date=2022 |publisher=International Crisis Group |pages=Page 8–Page 14 |access-date=20 July 2023 |last1=Group |first1=International Crisis |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720210840/https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep42808.7 |url-status=live }}</ref> and calls for deaths of Supreme Court justices.<ref name="boil-ToI-2018">{{cite web |author=Omer Farooq Khan |date=1 November 2018 |title=Pakistani Islamists are on the ~~country~~boil ~~regarding~~over acquittal of Asia Bibi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistani-islamists-are-on-the-boil-over-acquittal-of-asia-bibi/articleshow/66463406.cms ~~implementation~~|access-date=1 November 2018 |work=[[Times of ~~blasphemy~~India]] ~~laws,~~|language=en ~~further,~~|archive-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103153722/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistani-islamists-are-on-the-boil-over-acquittal-of-asia-bibi/articleshow/66463406.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> It demands that [[Sharia law|Sharia]] be established as the [[Islamic fundamentalism|Islamic fundamental law]] in [[Pakistan]], through a gradual legal and political process.<ref name="Tehreek E Labaik Pakistan"/><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/230457-NA-120-new-party-aims-to-enforce-Sharia|title = NA-120: New party aims to enforce Sharia|access-date=23 October 2021|archive-date=23 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023061636/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/230457-NA-120-new-party-aims-to-enforce-Sharia|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~Although~~However, the TLP has repeatedly resorted to violent protests and mobs used to ~~raised voice~~blackmail and ~~demanded~~coerce the government into agreeing the implementation of blasphemy laws but the government of PTI put crackdown, consequently, several casualties were reported of protesters The federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in a hard-hitting press conference on Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) ongoing protests, said, “No one has the guts to ~~blackmail~~their ~~the state.”~~demands.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-18 |title=Government says won't be 'blackmailed' as TLP holds 12 police, paramilitary troops hostage |url=https://arab.news/bpj8r |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Arab News PK |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602101130/https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1844811/pakistan |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=News Desk |date=2021-10-27 |title='No one has the guts to blackmail the state, TLP will be treated as a militant party in Pak': Fawad Chaudhry |url=https://thecurrent.pk/no-one-has-the-guts-to-blackmail-the-state-tlp-will-be-treated-as-a-militant-party-in-pak-fawad-chaudhry/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=The Current |language=en-US |archive-date=2 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602101124/https://thecurrent.pk/no-one-has-the-guts-to-blackmail-the-state-tlp-will-be-treated-as-a-militant-party-in-pak-fawad-chaudhry/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Most of the party's members belong to the [[Barelvi]] movement.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/latest/347390-the-future-of-tlp-in-pakistans-politics|title = The future of TLP in Pakistan's politics|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727045530/https://www.geo.tv/latest/347390-the-future-of-tlp-in-pakistans-politics|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TLP votes 2018">{{cite news |last=Abbas |first=Mazhar |date=11 December 2020 |title=Does the Tehreek-e-Labbaik have a political future without Khadim Hussain Rizvi? |url=http://www.geo.tv/latest/323671-does-the-tehreek-e-labbaik-have-a-political-future-without-khadim-hussain-rizvi |work= Geo news |location=Karachi |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727060248/https://www.geo.tv/latest/323671-does-the-tehreek-e-labbaik-have-a-political-future-without-khadim-hussain-rizvi |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite being banned, TLP was allowed to contest the elections and secured third place in Karachi by-elections.<ref name="TLP Vote">{{cite news |author= |title=PPP grabs NA-249 seat, banned TLP gets more votes than PTI |url=http://www.thecorrespondent.pk/2021/04/30/ppp-grabs-na-249-seat-banned-tlp-gets-more-votes-than-pti/ |work=The Correspondent Pakistan |location=Karachi |date=30 April 2021 |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727035138/http://www.thecorrespondent.pk/2021/04/30/ppp-grabs-na-249-seat-banned-tlp-gets-more-votes-than-pti/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The party organized the [[2021 Pakistani protests]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hashim|first=Asad|title=Pakistan temporarily blocks social media over potential protests|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/16/pakistan-temporarily-blocks-social-media-amid-anti-france-rallies|access-date=2021-04-17|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417074335/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/16/pakistan-temporarily-blocks-social-media-amid-anti-france-rallies|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:TLP Flag.png|thumb|Flag of Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah]]

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan has been called "the political wing" of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR), a religiopolitical group that [[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]] also founded and led.<ref name="Mahmood-GVS-2018">{{cite news |last1=Mahmood |first1=Zeeshan |title=The rise of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik-ya-Rasool Allah: dawn of a new era? |url=https://www.globalvillagespace.com/the-rise-of-the-tehreek-e-labbaik-ya-rasool-allah-dawn-of-a-new-era/ |access-date=2 September 2023 |work=Global Village Space |date=29 November 2017 |archive-date=2 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902022351/https://www.globalvillagespace.com/the-rise-of-the-tehreek-e-labbaik-ya-rasool-allah-dawn-of-a-new-era/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Party profile ==

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TLP finds its sympathizers mainly among the Sunnis of Barelvi affiliation, who make the majority of Pakistan's Muslim population, ranging from rural [[madrasa]] students to urban working professionals, such as in [[Karachi]], where the city's leadership and members include lawyers, doctors, chartered accountants and bank managers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Ebad |date=24 October 2019 |title=For TLP cadre, Karachi is not yet lost |url=https://thefridaytimes.com/04-Oct-2019/for-tlp-cadre-karachi-is-not-yet-lost |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901095304/https://thefridaytimes.com/04-Oct-2019/for-tlp-cadre-karachi-is-not-yet-lost |archive-date=1 September 2023 |website=[[The Friday Times]] |quote="The meeting included TLP’s city leadership and sympathisers who are working professionals, including lawyers, doctors, chartered accountants, bank managers. All professionals who have a soft corner for the party," the insider said.}}</ref>

In 2018, a [[Gallup Pakistan]] survey found out that 46% of TLP voters voted for [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML-N]] during the [[2013 Pakistani general election]], few years before the foundation of TLP, while 11% of TLP voters used to vote for [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London|MQM]] and 7% for both [[Pakistan People's Party|PPP]] and [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] during the same period.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2018 |title=Near majority of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan voters in Gallup Exit Poll Survey said they had voted for PML-N in General Election 2013. (Gallup Pakistan Exit Poll 2018) |url=https://gallup.com.pk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Gallup-Pakistan-Exit-Poll-2018-Who-did-TLP-voters-vote-in-2013-GE-1.pd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901100251/https://gallup.com.pk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Gallup-Pakistan-Exit-Poll-2018-Who-did-TLP-voters-vote-in-2013-GE-1.pdf |archive-date=1 September 2023 |archive-format=PDF |website=Gallup Pakistan |format=PDF}}</ref> Analysts thus note that PML-N has lost the most when it comes to its electoral base due to the rise of TLP, former PML-N voters citing [[Nawaz Sharif]]'s recent stances on Kashmir and relations with India as the main reasons for their dissatisfaction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haider |first=Irfan |title=The rise of the new cleric in Pakistan |url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/the-rise-of-the-new-cleric-in-pakistan-19733/amp |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=TRT World |archive-date=1 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901103333/https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/the-rise-of-the-new-cleric-in-pakistan-19733/amp |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Social media ===

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=== 2015 foundation ===

Tehreek-e-Labbaik was founded on 1 August 2015 by [[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]], at the [[Nishtar Park]] in [[Karachi]].<ref name="NLM1"~~>{{Cite web|title=Rise of the TLP|url=https:~~/~~/newslinemagazine.com/magazine/rise-of-the-tlp/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=Newsline|language=en}}</ref~~> Seventy-five founding members pledged allegiance to Khadim Hussain Rizvi.<ref name="NLM1" /> In 2017, The Tehreek-e-Labbaik allotted the crane as its election symbol.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Iftikhar A.|date=2017-10-01|title=Election symbol allotted to Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1361164|access-date=2021-04-14|website=dawn.com|language=en|archive-date=2 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602101124/https://www.dawn.com/news/1361164|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2017 Khatm e Nabuwwat Bill ===

In October 2017, the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz, or PML-N) government controversially changed the language in its 2017 elections bill. It amended a declaration where candidates for office were required to proclaimed their faith in the "absolute and unqualified finality of the Prophet Muhammad" (known as the "seal of the prophets" oath). by saying "I believe" (that he does), which replaced the words "I solemnly swear" (that the Prophet has that status). Labaik demanded that the government abandon the change and sack the law minister, claiming that the change weakened the affirmation and conceded ground to [[Ahmadi]]s.<ref name="ICG-NEoSViP-2022-9">{{cite book |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/327%20Pakistan%20-%20Sectarian%20Violence%20-%20Print.pdf |title=A New Era of Sectarian Violence in Pakistan |date=2022 |publisher=International Crisis Group |page=9 |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723022807/https://www.crisisgroup.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/327%20Pakistan%20-%20Sectarian%20Violence%20-%20Print.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The TLP and its leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi strongly opposed the new language, and demanded the resignation of Pakistan's law ~~miniser~~minister [[Zahid Hamid]], who had changed the law. It held a large protest against the amendment, stopping traffic at the [[Faizabad Interchange]] at first, which then led to further protests across the country. The party led a three-week [[sit-in]] protest that paralyzed the entire country including Pakistan's capital, [[Islamabad]], activists attacked police and damaged property.<ref name="ICG-NEoSViP-2022-10">{{cite book |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/327%20Pakistan%20-%20Sectarian%20Violence%20-%20Print.pdf |title=A New Era of Sectarian Violence in Pakistan |date=2022 |publisher=International Crisis Group |page=10 |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723022807/https://www.crisisgroup.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/327%20Pakistan%20-%20Sectarian%20Violence%20-%20Print.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> At least six protesters were killed and 200 were injured when police unsuccessfully tried to disperse the sit-in, the protest spread nationwide,<ref name=":0" /> and the minister Zahid Hamid was forced to resign. The participants went home after the military guaranteed an agreement with them, "giving those responsible for inciting and using violence immunity from arrest; a major general even gave the protesters cash handouts."<ref name="ICG-NEoSViP-2022-10" />

=== 2018 assassination attempt of Ahsan Iqbal ===

In May 2018, Interior Minister and PML-N senior leader [[Ahsan Iqbal]] was shot and wounded at a political rally in his home constituency of [[Narowal District|Narowal]], in an apparent assassination attempt.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hashim |first=Asad |date=May 7, 2018 |title=Ahsan Iqbal's health appears to be improving after surgery |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/194920-ahsan-iqbals-health-appears-to-be-improving |website=aljazeera.com |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504190435/https://www.geo.tv/latest/194920-ahsan-iqbals-health-appears-to-be-improving |url-status=live }}</ref> He was airlifted from Narowal to Lahore for surgery where he was said to be in stable condition.

The attacker, later found to be linked with Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, was arrested from the spot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hashim |first=Asad |date=May 7, 2018 |title=Shooter of Pakistan's Ahsan Iqbal linked to Tehreek-e-Labbaik |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/5/7/shooter-of-pakistans-ahsan-iqbal-linked-to-tehreek-e-labbaik |website=aljazeera.com |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504185800/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/5/7/shooter-of-pakistans-ahsan-iqbal-linked-to-tehreek-e-labbaik |url-status=live }}</ref> TLP criticised the attack and called for a judicial inquiry, insisting that its methods were peaceful and democratic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaifee |first=Sib |date=May 7, 2018 |title=Pakistan interior minister's attacker linked to new religious party |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1298241/world |website=arabnews.com |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324234155/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1298241/world |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2018 acquittal and release of Asia Bibi ===

Following the acquittal of [[Asia Bibi]] (formally, Asia Noreen), a [[Pakistani Christian]] who was charged with blasphemy and kept in solitary confinement for eight years until found innocent on 31 October 2018,<ref name="Aqeel2018">{{cite web |first=Asif |last=Aqeel |date=31 October 2018 |title=Pakistan Frees Asia Bibi from Blasphemy Death Sentence |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/october/asia-bibi-free-pakistan-blasphemy-death-supreme-court.html |access-date=31 October 2018 |publisher=Christianity Today |language=en |archive-date=2 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102092921/https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/october/asia-bibi-free-pakistan-blasphemy-death-supreme-court.html |url-status=live }}</ref> TLP members held protests across Pakistan that included "blocking roads but not damaging the infrastructure".<ref>{{cite web |first=Asad |last=Hashim |date=1 November 2018 |title=Pakistan: Thousands protest blasphemy acquittal, ignore PM's call |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/pakistan-thousands-protest-blasphemy-acquittal-ignore-pm-call-181101140852399.html |access-date=1 November 2018 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101184701/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/pakistan-thousands-protest-blasphemy-acquittal-ignore-pm-call-181101140852399.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DW2018">{{cite web |date=31 October 2018 |title=Asia Bibi′s blasphemy verdict: Islamists protest across Pakistan |url=https://www.dw.com/en/asia-bibis-blasphemy-verdict-islamists-protest-across-pakistan/a-46101210 |access-date=31 October 2018 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=en |archive-date=31 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031150615/https://www.dw.com/en/asia-bibis-blasphemy-verdict-islamists-protest-across-pakistan/a-46101210 |url-status=live }}</ref> Muhammad Afzal Qadri, a TLP co-founder, also called for the death of the three Supreme Court justices involved in hearing Bibi's appeal, stating "The Chief Justice and two others deserve to be killed ... Either their security guards, their drivers, or their chefs should kill them."<ref name="boil-ToI-2018" /> On 2 November 2018, the [[Government of Pakistan]] under the administration of [[Imran Khan]] and the Tehreek-e-Labbaik political party, which encouraged the protests against Asia Bibi, came into an agreement that barred Asia Bibi from leaving the country, in addition to releasing Tehreek-e-Labbaik protesters who were under arrest.<ref name="N182018">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Asia Bibi Barred From Leaving Pakistan as Imran Khan Govt Strikes Deal With Islamist Protesters |url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/hardliners-to-call-off-protests-over-acquittal-of-asia-bibi-after-pm-imran-khans-govt-bars-her-from-leaving-pakistan-1928561.html |access-date=2 November 2018 |publisher=[[News 18]] |language=en |archive-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103091834/https://www.news18.com/news/world/hardliners-to-call-off-protests-over-acquittal-of-asia-bibi-after-pm-imran-khans-govt-bars-her-from-leaving-pakistan-1928561.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Farmer2018">{{cite news |last1=Farmer |first1=Ben |date=2 November 2018 |title=Christian woman cleared of blasphemy barred from leaving Pakistan |language=en |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/02/christian-woman-cleared-blasphemy-barred-leaving-pakistan/ |access-date=2 November 2018 |archive-date=30 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430133408/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/02/christian-woman-cleared-blasphemy-barred-leaving-pakistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RP2018">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Govt & Tehreek-e-Labbaik reach agreement to end protests |url=http://www.radio.gov.pk/02-11-2018/successful-negotiations-between-tehreek-e-labbaik-and-govt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525083750/http://www.radio.gov.pk/02-11-2018/successful-negotiations-between-tehreek-e-labbaik-and-govt |archive-date=25 May 2020 |access-date=2 November 2018 |publisher=Radio Pakistan |language=en}}</ref><ref name="AhmadMasood2018">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Pakistan Makes Concessions to Protesters in Blasphemy Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-asia-bibi.html |access-date=2 November 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en |archive-date=2 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102184445/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-asia-bibi.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The deal includes expediting a motion in the court to place Asia Noreen on Pakistan's [[No Fly List#No fly lists in other countries|no-fly list]], known officially as the [[Exit Control List]] (ECL).<ref name="Farmer2018" /> Due to pressure from Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Pakistani authorities hadn't released Asia Noreen until the "Supreme Court makes a final review of its verdict" as "Ghulam Mustafa, the lawyer representing a provincial cleric in Punjab who had filed the initial blasphemy charges against Bibi, petitioned the Supreme Court requesting that the judges review her acquittal."<ref name="Karim2018">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Pakistan delays release of Christian woman after blasphemy acquittal |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asia-bibi-christian-pakistan-blasphemy-barred-from-leaving-acquittal/ |access-date=2 November 2018 |publisher=[[CBN News]] |language=en |archive-date=30 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430134934/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asia-bibi-christian-pakistan-blasphemy-barred-from-leaving-acquittal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

~~[[Asrar Rashid]]~~

On 2 November 2018, the [[Government of Pakistan]] under the administration of [[Imran Khan]] and the Tehreek-e-Labbaik political party, which encouraged the protests against Asia Bibi, came into an agreement that barred Asia Bibi from leaving the country, in addition to releasing Tehreek-e-Labbaik protesters who were under arrest.<ref name="N182018">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Asia Bibi Barred From Leaving Pakistan as Imran Khan Govt Strikes Deal With Islamist Protesters |url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/hardliners-to-call-off-protests-over-acquittal-of-asia-bibi-after-pm-imran-khans-govt-bars-her-from-leaving-pakistan-1928561.html |access-date=2 November 2018 |publisher=[[News 18]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Farmer2018">{{cite news |last1=Farmer |first1=Ben |date=2 November 2018 |title=Christian woman cleared of blasphemy barred from leaving Pakistan |language=en |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/02/christian-woman-cleared-blasphemy-barred-leaving-pakistan/ |access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="RP2018">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Govt & Tehreek-e-Labbaik reach agreement to end protests |url=http://www.radio.gov.pk/02-11-2018/successful-negotiations-between-tehreek-e-labbaik-and-govt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525083750/http://www.radio.gov.pk/02-11-2018/successful-negotiations-between-tehreek-e-labbaik-and-govt |archive-date=25 May 2020 |access-date=2 November 2018 |publisher=Radio Pakistan |language=en}}</ref><ref name="AhmadMasood2018">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Pakistan Makes Concessions to Protesters in Blasphemy Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-asia-bibi.html |access-date=2 November 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> The deal includes expediting a motion in the court to place Asia Noreen on Pakistan's [[No Fly List#No fly lists in other countries|no fly list]], known officially as the [[Exit Control List]] (ECL).<ref name="Farmer2018" /> Due to pressure from Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Pakistani authorities hadn't released Asia Noreen until the "Supreme Court makes a final review of its verdict" as "Ghulam Mustafa, the lawyer representing a provincial cleric in Punjab who had filed the initial blasphemy charges against Bibi, petitioned the Supreme Court requesting that the judges review her acquittal."<ref name="Karim2018">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Pakistan delays release of Christian woman after blasphemy acquittal |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asia-bibi-christian-pakistan-blasphemy-barred-from-leaving-acquittal/ |access-date=2 November 2018 |publisher=[[CBN News]] |language=en}}</ref>

This agreement between the Government of Pakistan and TLP led to "allegations [that] the government was capitulating to extremists".<ref name="2018BBC">{{cite web |date=2 November 2018 |title=Asia Bibi: Deal to end Pakistan protests over blasphemy case |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46080067 |access-date=2 November 2018 |publisher=[[BBC]] |language=en |archive-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103002305/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46080067 |url-status=live }}</ref> Pakistani Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry responded to these allegations, saying ~~that~~ "We had two options: either to use force, and when you use force people can be killed. That is not something a state should do... We tried negotiations and (in) negotiations you take something and you leave something."<ref name="2018BBC" /> Asia Noreen's lawyer Saif-ul-Mulook called the agreement between the Government of Pakistan and the Islamists "painful", stating that "They cannot even implement an order of the country's highest court".<ref name="Mulook2018">{{cite web |date=3 November 2018 |title=Asia Bibi: Lawyer flees Pakistan in fear of his life |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46082324 |access-date=2 November 2018 |publisher=[[BBC]] |language=en |archive-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103200419/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46082324 |url-status=live }}</ref> Feeling that his life was threatened, Mulook fled to Europe in order "to stay alive as I still have to fight the legal battle for Asia Bibi."<ref name="Mulook2018" /> British Pakistani Christian Association chairman Wilson Chowdhry stated that "I am not surprised that Imran Khan's regime has caved in to extremists".<ref name="Stubley2018">{{cite web |first=Peter |last=Stubley |date=3 November 2018 |title=Asia Bibi: Pakistan government stops Christian woman leaving country after 'caving in' to hardline Islamists |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/asia-bibi-pakistan-government-deal-islamist-extremist-protests-blasphemy-supreme-court-a8616011.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/asia-bibi-pakistan-government-deal-islamist-extremist-protests-blasphemy-supreme-court-a8616011.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |access-date=2 November 2018 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en |quote=Under the terms of the deal made on Friday night, prime minister Imran Khan’s administration said it would begin legal proceedings to place Asia Bibi on the "exit control list" (ECL). ... "I am not surprised that Imran Khan’s regime has caved in to extremists," said Wilson Chowdhry, chair of the British Pakistani Christian Association.}}</ref> [[Jemima Goldsmith]], an ex-wife of [[Imran Khan]], similarly "said that Pakistan's government caved in to extremist demands to bar Asia Bibi from leaving the country", opining "Not the Naya Pakistan we'd hoped for. 3 days after a defiant & brave speech defending the judiciary, Pakistan's gov caves in to extremist demands to bar Asia Bibi from leaving Pak, after she was acquitted of blasphemy- effectively signing her death warrant."<ref name="Goldsmith2018">{{cite web |date=4 November 2018 |title=Jemima says Pakistan's govt caves in to extremist demands to bar Asia Bibi from leaving |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/389575-jemima-says-pakistans-govt-caves-in-to-extremist-demands-to-bar-asia-bibi-from-leaving |access-date=4 November 2018 |publisher=[[The International News]] |language=en |archive-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104023057/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/389575-jemima-says-pakistans-govt-caves-in-to-extremist-demands-to-bar-asia-bibi-from-leaving |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 7 November 2018, Asia Bibi was released from New Jail for Women in [[Multan]], flown to [[PAF Base Nur Khan]], from whence she then departed the country on a charter plane, to the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="Zulqernain2018">{{cite web |date=7 November 2018 |title=Asia Bibi released from jail, to be shifted to the Netherlands |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/asia-bibi-released-from-jail-to-be-shifted-to-the-netherlands-report/1417421 |access-date=7 November 2018 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |language=en |archive-date=8 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025755/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/asia-bibi-released-from-jail-to-be-shifted-to-the-netherlands-report/1417421 |url-status=live }}</ref> Shahbaz Attari of the Islamist political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), upon hearing the news, said that TLP members would gather in [[Islamabad]] and [[Rawalpindi]] to try and prevent the departure of Asia Bibi to the Netherlands.<ref name="Zulqernain2018" />

=== 2018 arrest ===

On 23 November 2018, after approval of Federal Cabinet, provincial police carried out an operation and arrested the chief of TLP Khadim Hussain Rizvi, along with some 50 members of his party to defunct the TLP's call for a public rally in [[Liaqat National Bagh|Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh]] planned for November 25, 2018, following which protests spread out and situation deteriorated. [[Fawad Chaudhry|Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting]] confirmed the arrest as a protective custody.<ref>{{cite news|date=23 November 2018|title=TLP Chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi taken into 'protective custody', information minister announces|work= Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1447217|access-date=24 November 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124003717/https://www.dawn.com/news/1447217|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Mian|last=Abrar|date=23 November 2018|title=Khadim Rizvi among other TLP leaders arrested|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/23/crackdown-against-tlp-begins-several-arrested/|access-date=24 November 2018|publisher=Pakistan Today|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910162423/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/23/crackdown-against-tlp-begins-several-arrested/|url-status=live}}</ref> Along with media blackout, TLP faced social media and websites bans during the crackdown.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-04|title=Khadim Hussain Rizvi's Twitter account suspended|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1443541|access-date=2019-10-07|website=dawn.com|language=en|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517195513/https://www.dawn.com/news/1443541|url-status=live}}</ref> The TLP leaders Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Pir Afzal Qadri, Inayat Haq Shah, Farooqul Hassan were booked on charges of sedition and terrorism.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-01|title=TLP leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi booked under sedition, terrorism charges: information minister|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1448807|access-date=2021-04-14|website=dawn.com|language=en|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105072721/https://www.dawn.com/news/1448807|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2021 protests ===

{{Main|2021 Pakistani protests|October 2021 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests}}

The arrest of TLP leader Saad Rizvi in mid-April 2021 for inciting violence led to demonstrations by his supporters and the deaths of at least four police constables, the abduction of eleven other police personnel and the reported torture of a police deputy superintendent in Lahore.<ref name="ICG-NEoSViP-2022-11" /><ref name="Banned-Dawn-2021">{{cite news |date=20 April 2021 |title=Banned: What does the TLP want? |agency=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1617844 |access-date=7 August 2023 |archive-date=7 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807015439/https://www.dawn.com/news/1617844 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 12 April 2021, Khadim Hussain Rizvi's son, Saad Hussain Rizvi was arrested by police while he was coming back from a funeral prayer prior to a planned protest by the party on 20 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2021 |title=Police detain TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi over protest plan {{!}} SAMAA |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/04/lahore-police-arrest-tlp-chief-saad-hussain-rizvi/ |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=Samaa TV |language=en-US |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413125341/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/04/lahore-police-arrest-tlp-chief-saad-hussain-rizvi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The planned protest's motive was to pressure the [[Government of Pakistan]] to deport the French ambassador in Pakistan over the controversy of cartoons of the [[Islamic]] prophet [[Muhammad]].

Over the three days long protest in the country, French embassy asked its citizens to temporarily leave the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-15 |title=French embassy advises citizens to leave Pakistan |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210415-french-embassy-advises-citizens-to-leave-pakistan |access-date=2021-04-15 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415152508/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210415-french-embassy-advises-citizens-to-leave-pakistan |url-status=live }}</ref> The government had arrested him in [[Lahore]] and charged under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (ATA), which further angered protesters, causing widespread unrest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawn.com |date=2021-04-15 |title=Government bans TLP under anti-terrorism law |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1618391 |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en |archive-date=14 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014022124/https://www.dawn.com/news/1618391 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |title=Banned party TLP's chief Hafiz Saad Rizvi placed on fourth schedule, assets frozen |language=en |website=www.geo.tv |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/345893-banned-party-tlp-chief-saad-rizvi-placed-on-fourth-schedule-assets-frozen |access-date=2021-04-18 |archive-date=15 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015123211/https://www.geo.tv/latest/345893-banned-party-tlp-chief-saad-rizvi-placed-on-fourth-schedule-assets-frozen |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2021-04-17 |title=Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik fuels anti-France violence in Pakistans |url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210417-islamist-party-tehrik-e-labbaik-fuels-anti-france-violence-in-pakistan |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019021528/https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210417-islamist-party-tehrik-e-labbaik-fuels-anti-france-violence-in-pakistan |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=16 April 2021 |title=Pakistan has banned TLP. What will happen next? {{!}} SAMAA |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/04/pakistan-has-banned-tlp-what-will-happen-next/ |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=Samaa TV |language=en-US |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711022849/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/04/pakistan-has-banned-tlp-what-will-happen-next/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="indianexpress.com" />

On 14 April 2021, the party was banned, which came after [[2021 Pakistani protests|violent protests]] that caused the deaths of 2 policemen and left 340 injured, in retaliation to the arrest of the new ameer. The interior minister stated that the Punjab government had requested for the ban and the summary after being approved from the federal cabinet resulted in the ban on TLP under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Imran Gabol {{!}} Shakeel Qarar {{!}} Imtiaz |date=2021-04-14 |title=Government has decided to ban TLP under anti-terror law, says interior minister |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1618186 |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=dawn.com |language=en |archive-date=12 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812132544/https://www.dawn.com/news/1618186 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tehreek-e-Labbaik was banned by the [[Government of Pakistan]] on April 15, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawn.com |date=2021-04-15 |title=Government bans TLP under anti-terrorism law |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1618391 |access-date=2021-08-08 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en |archive-date=14 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014022124/https://www.dawn.com/news/1618391 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During protests on 18 April 2021 outside the TLP office in Saddar area of Lahore near [[Multan Road]], a police team tried removing the members, leading to clashes and eleven police officers being injured. Protesters also attacked the police station in Nawan Kot, taking 12 policemen (in some reports said to be 11) as hostages and torturing them. They were released on the next day after talks with the [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan|Government of Punjab]]. The protesters also stole an oil tanker. Two of the protesters were killed and 50 were injured during the violence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Jahangeer Akram |date=2021-04-19 |title=Two TLP supporters killed in clash with Lahore police |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/04/two-tlp-supporters-killed-in-clash-with-lahore-police/ |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=Samaa TV |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419151956/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/04/two-tlp-supporters-killed-in-clash-with-lahore-police/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gabol |first=Imran |date=18 April 2021 |title=11 policemen taken hostage by TLP released after first round of talks with Punjab govt: Sheikh Rashid |language=en |work=dawn.com |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1618944 |access-date=25 April 2021 |archive-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611015759/https://www.dawn.com/news/1618944 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GeoTV">{{cite news |date=29 April 2021 |title=TLP chief Saad Rizvi remains under arrest under terrorism law: Rasheed |language=en |work=The Express Tribune |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/346497-sheikh-rasheed-says-tlp-chief-saad-rizvi-arrested-under-ata-laws |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506061826/https://www.geo.tv/latest/346497-sheikh-rasheed-says-tlp-chief-saad-rizvi-arrested-under-ata-laws |url-status=live }}</ref>

Attiq Ahmed, the [[public relations officer]] of [[Punjab Prisons (Pakistan)|Punjab Prisons]] said on 20 April that Saad Rizvi had been released. Lahore's Jail Superintendent Asad Warraich however said he didn't know of any such release and they had received no order to release him.<ref name="Gabol">{{cite news |last=Gabol |first=Imran |date=20 April 2021 |title=Conflicting reports emerge on TLP chief Hafiz Saad Rizvi's release from Lahore jail |language=en |work=dawn.com |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1618944 |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611015759/https://www.dawn.com/news/1618944 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Interior Minister]] [[Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad]] later confirmed that Rizvi had not been freed. He added that the government has freed 669 out of 733 people arrested in relation to the violent protests, 30 cars had been set on fire while five looted cars had been returned by protestors, and a [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] session had been called to decide on expulsion of the French ambassador.<ref name="GeoTV" />

TLP filed a review petition on 29 April addressed to the [[Interior Secretary of Pakistan|Interior Secretary]], for the removal of the ban imposed on the party.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 April 2021 |title=TLP files plea with interior ministry for reviewing ban |language=en |work=The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2297407/tlp-files-plea-with-interior-ministry-for-reviewing-ban |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602101126/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2297407/tlp-files-plea-with-interior-ministry-for-reviewing-ban |url-status=live }}</ref> A review board of the [[Lahore High Court]] rejected extending Saad's detention on 8 July, stating the government had no evidence to keep him in custody.<ref name="The Express Tribune">{{cite news |date=8 July 2021 |title=Review board orders release of TLP chief |language=en |work=The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2309482/review-board-orders-release-of-tlp-chief |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714092809/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2309482/review-board-orders-release-of-tlp-chief |url-status=live }}</ref> His detention was however later extended by the government for 90 days under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.<ref name="dawn.com">{{cite news |date=13 July 2021 |title=Plea against Saad Rizvi's detention disposed of |language=en |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1634769/plea-against-saad-rizvis-detention-disposed-of |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714091759/https://www.dawn.com/news/1634769/plea-against-saad-rizvis-detention-disposed-of |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (Pakistan)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] [[Fawad Chaudhry]] announced on 13 July that the Government of Pakistan had decided to keep the ban on TLP in place and it will ask the [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] (ECP) to cancel the party's [[election symbol]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Khan |first=Sanaullah |date=13 July 2021 |title=Cabinet approves 15pc increment in military personnel salaries in addition to earlier 10pc raise |language=en |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1634869/govt-decides-to-maintain-ban-on-tlp-approach-ecp-for-cancellation-of-partys-election-symbol |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713182514/https://www.dawn.com/news/1634869/govt-decides-to-maintain-ban-on-tlp-approach-ecp-for-cancellation-of-partys-election-symbol |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite the ban, the party was allowed to continue to take part in elections as it was not delisted by the ECP.<ref>{{cite news |last=Butt |first=Tariq |date=14 July 2021 |title=Inconsequential proscription: TLP contesting elections as it is registered with ECP |language=en |work=[[The News International]] |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/864486-inconsequential-proscription-tlp-contesting-elections-as-it-is-registered-with-ecp |access-date=17 September 2021 |archive-date=17 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917091550/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/864486-inconsequential-proscription-tlp-contesting-elections-as-it-is-registered-with-ecp |url-status=live }}</ref>

A review board of the [[Lahore High Court]] rejected extending Saad's detention on 8 July, stating the government had no evidence to keep him in custody.<ref name="The Express Tribune" /> His detention was however later extended by the government for 90 days under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.<ref name="dawn.com" /> A relative of Rizvi filed a petition before the Lahore High Court in September 2021, asking that the court declare the government's extension of his detention illegal and order his release.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 September 2021 |title=Saad Rizvi's bail plea sent to LHC CJ |language=en |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1645109/saad-rizvis-bail-plea-sent-to-lhc-cj |access-date=17 September 2021 |archive-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002235803/https://www.dawn.com/news/1645109/saad-rizvis-bail-plea-sent-to-lhc-cj |url-status=live }}</ref>

TLP again held its protests in October 2021, following which the Government of Pakistan agreed to lift the ban on the party on 7 November and released Saad Rizvi on 18 November.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mubasher |last=Bukhari |date=11 November 2021 |title=Pakistan takes Islamist off terrorism list under deal to end protests |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-takes-islamist-off-terrorism-list-under-deal-end-protests-2021-11-11/ |access-date=27 November 2021 |archive-date=26 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126213107/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-takes-islamist-off-terrorism-list-under-deal-end-protests-2021-11-11/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Mubasher |last=Bukhari |date=18 November 2021 |title=Pakistan frees hardline Islamist under a deal to end violence |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-frees-hardline-islamist-under-deal-end-violence-2021-11-18/ |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118132240/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-frees-hardline-islamist-under-deal-end-violence-2021-11-18/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-07 |title=Cabinet okays revocation of TLP's proscribed status |language=en |work=Dawn (newspaper) |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1656594 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-11-07 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107170930/https://www.dawn.com/news/1656594 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 November 2021 |title=TLP no longer proscribed outfit after govt removes name from first schedule of anti-terrorism act |work=[[Geo News]] |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/380865-govt |access-date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107173205/https://www.geo.tv/latest/380865-govt |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2023 shutter-down strike ===

On ~~the 16th of~~16 February 2023, the Government of Pakistan had raised the price of petrol in adherence to the wishes of the ~~IMF (~~[[International Monetary Fund]]).

In response to the price hike and

~~In response to the governments hike of petrol prices at the behest of the IMF and because of~~ the ensuing inflation, ~~Tehreek-e- Labbaik(~~TLP) had called for what was known as the "shutter-down strike" on ~~February~~ 27, February 2023.<ref name="Preparation Point">{{cite news |last1=Points |first1=Preparation |date=February 26, 2023 |title=27th February Shutter Down Strike Call in Pakistan by TLP 2023 |work=Preparation Point |agency=Preparation Point |issue=Preparation Point |url=https://preparationpoint.info/daily-top-20-mcqs/27th-february-shutter-down-strike-call-in-pakistan-by-tlp-2023/ |access-date=5 April 2023 |ref=Preparation Point |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305102931/https://preparationpoint.info/daily-top-20-mcqs/27th-february-shutter-down-strike-call-in-pakistan-by-tlp-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ~~shutter-down~~strike was a nationwide ~~strike which~~and included a large convoy similar to that of the [[Canada convoy protest|Canadian]] and American trucker convoys that had occurred no more than a year prior, the protesters also wore yellow construction vests, possibly in solidarity with the [[Yellow vests protests|French Yellow Vests]] whose protest in 2018 had also been caused by a hike in fuel prices.

The TLP ~~had~~ announced the ~~shutter-down~~strike with the intention of forcing the government into compliance with ~~the TLP's~~its wishes to decrease the price of petrol,. ~~workers~~Workers played ana ~~influential~~significant role in the ~~shutter-down~~ protest and in some instances the protesters blocked the roads.<ref name="Pakistan Observer">{{cite news |author=News Desk |date=February 28, 2023 |title=Countrywide shutter down strike observed on TLP's call |agency=Pakistan Observer |url=https://pakobserver.net/tlp-announces-nationwide-shutter-down-strike-as-deadline-ends-to-withdraw-fuel-price-hike/ |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513165457/https://pakobserver.net/tlp-announces-nationwide-shutter-down-strike-as-deadline-ends-to-withdraw-fuel-price-hike/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Other controversies==

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=== Political pressure ===

TLP has notably held protests against actions by the government deemed unjust and against the teachings of Islam. In 2018, world renowned Princeton economist, [[Atif Mian]] was initially chosen as a member of an [[Economic Advisory Council (Pakistan)|Economic Advisory Council]] formed by [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Pakistani Prime Minister]] [[Imran Khan]] to provide assistance on issues of economics and finance.<ref name="ref1">{{citation |title=PM Khan forms 18-member Economic Advisory Council |date=September 1, 2018 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430355 |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-date=9 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909152058/https://www.dawn.com/news/1430355 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since his appointment, the government faced criticism from groups opposed to government representation for religious minorities, prominently by the TLP under the guidance of Rizvi.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 September 2018 |title=Atif R. Mian's appointment: Moment of truth for Imran Khan |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/364299-imran-khan-govt-in-the-ye-of-the-storm |work=The News |access-date=22 January 2020 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225211536/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/364299-imran-khan-govt-in-the-ye-of-the-storm |url-status=live }}</ref> because of Atif's affiliation with the [[Ahmadiyya]] faith.<ref name="bow" /> He was removed from the Economic Advisory Council on 7 September 2018<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaudhry |date=7 September 2018 |title=Under pressure govt backtracks on Atif Mian's appointment; removes economist from advisory council |work=dawn.com |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1431495 |access-date=7 September 2018 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225211535/https://www.dawn.com/news/1431495%20 |url-status=live }}</ref> and afterwards council members [[Asim Ijaz Khwaja]] and [[Imran Rasul]] resigned in protest.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 September 2018 |title=EAC loses one more Ivy League professor after Atif Mian |language=en |work=The News |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/365268-after-atif-mian-eac-loses-one-more-ivy-league-professor |access-date=7 September 2018 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225211538/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/365268-after-atif-mian-eac-loses-one-more-ivy-league-professor%20 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=7 September 2018 |title=Asim Ijaz Khawaja, leading international economist quits Pakistan EAC as protest |language=en |work=Times of Islamabad |url=https://timesofislamabad.com/07-Sep-2018/dr-asim-ijaz-khawaja-leading-international-economist-quits-pakistan-eac-as-protest |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225211532/https://timesofislamabad.com/07-Sep-2018/dr-asim-ijaz-khawaja-leading-international-economist-quits-pakistan-eac-as-protest%20 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=8 September 2018 |title=Imran Rasul resigns from EAC in solidarity with Atif Mian |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1798271/1-imran-rasul-resigns-eac-protest-atif-mians-removal/ |publisher=The Express Tribune |access-date=22 January 2020 |archive-date=5 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305110929/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1798271/1-imran-rasul-resigns-eac-protest-atif-mians-removal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Extrajudicial killings ===

In 2018, Sareer Ahmed, the principal of Islamia College in [[Charsadda]], was murdered by a 17-year-old student who he had reprimanded for missing a number of classes. According to reports circulating on media channels, the student accused the professor of engaging in "blasphemy" for reprimanding him for skipping class to attend rallies held by the TLP.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sayeed |first=Saad |date=January 23, 2018 |title=Pakistani principal shot dead by student over blasphemy dispute |newspaper=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-blasphemy-idUSKBN1FB2PG |via=www.reuters.com |access-date=15 April 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415113536/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-blasphemy-idUSKBN1FB2PG |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Muhammad |first=Faiz |date=January 23, 2018 |title=Principal shot dead by student in Charsadda |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1384652 |website=dawn.com |access-date=3 February 2020 |archive-date=3 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203201128/https://www.dawn.com/news/1384652 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2019, a third year student at Bahawalpur's Government Sadiq Egerton College, Khateeb Hussain, stabbed associate professor Khalid Hameed in a fatal encounter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Imran |first=Mohammad |date=March 20, 2019 |title=Bahawalpur student stabs professor to death over 'anti-Islam' remarks |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1470814 |website=dawn.com |access-date=8 September 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926050852/https://www.dawn.com/news/1470814 |url-status=live }}</ref> Khateeb Hussain was in contact with Zafar Gillani, a lawyer and senior member of the TLP prior to the murder, and obtained approval for the act over [[WhatsApp]]. The supposed motive for the killing was blasphemous and insulting rhetoric towards Islam.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2019 |title=TLP leader arrested for 'forcing student to murder professor' in Bahawalpur |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/tlp-leader-arrested-for-forcing-student-to-murder-professor-in-bahawalpur/ |website=Daily Pakistan Global |access-date=15 April 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328225617/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/tlp-leader-arrested-for-forcing-student-to-murder-professor-in-bahawalpur/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Is TLP behind extrajudicial killings? – Labbaik Times |url=https://tlyp.org.pk/news/index.php/0302202091/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203202637/https://tlyp.org.pk/news/index.php/0302202091/ |archive-date=2020-02-03 |website=tlyp.org.pk}}</ref>

=== Support for blasphemy-related attacks outside Pakistan ===

In 2018, when the Dutch politician [[Geert Wilders]] announced that he was planning to hold a contest to draw caricatures of Muhammad, there were large protests in Pakistan against it.

It was in this context that TLP leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi declared in front of media that he would order nuclear bomb strikes on the Netherlands to destroy the entire country and "wipe them off the map" he was given the chance to or if he became Pakistan's leader.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-10 |title=Why is Pakistan Threatening Nuclear Attack on Holland of all the Places? |url=https://eurasiantimes.com/pakistan-nuclear-attack-holland/ |access-date=2020-11-01 |work=EurAsian Times |language=en-US |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030053420/https://eurasiantimes.com/pakistan-nuclear-attack-holland/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He is quoted to have said at a press conference in Karachi "If they give me the atom bomb I would remove Holland from the face of the earth before they can hold a competition of caricatures… I will wipe them off the face of this earth."<ref>{{Cite news |first=Shailaja |last=Neelakantan |title=Pakistan: Give me atom bomb, I'll wipe out Holland: Pakistan's rising Islamist politician Khadim Hussain Rizvi |language=en |newspaper=Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/give-me-atom-bomb-ill-wipe-out-holland-pakistans-rising-islamist-politician-khadim-hussain-rizvi/articleshow/64930191.cms |access-date=2020-11-01 |archive-date=4 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104150613/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/give-me-atom-bomb-ill-wipe-out-holland-pakistans-rising-islamist-politician-khadim-hussain-rizvi/articleshow/64930191.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Eventually Geert Wilders had no choice but to cancel his proposed cartoon contest due to fears of security risks and threats.

In late October 2020, just after the [[Murder of Samuel Paty|killing of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty]] in a suburb of [[Paris]] by an 18-year old Chechen refugee, TLP published an article on their official website where they commended the killing, labelling the killer as a "[[Shahid|Shaheed]]" and "[[Mujahideen|Mujahid]]" as well as posting a photo of the bloodied severed head of Samuel Paty in the same article on which the killer initially posted to Twitter just after the killing. The post was deleted by Twitter soon afterwards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 October 2020 |title=Mujahid Abdullah Beheaded Samuel Paty for Blasphemy |url=https://tlyp.org.pk/en/mujahid-abdullah-beheaded-samuel-paty-for-blasphemy/ |access-date=1 November 2020 |website=Tehreek-e-Labbaik }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Involvement in Jaranwala church arsons 2023 ===

In the [[Jaranwala church arsons]], on 16 August 2023, twenty-one Christian churches were burnt down by [[Church arson|acts of arson]], and homes belonging to Christian families were looted and destroyed by radical Muslim rioters; [[Bible desecration]] was committed as well. These acts were done by radical Muslim rioters in response to alleged [[Quran desecration]].<ref name="Union">{{cite web |last1=Chaudhry |first1=Kamran |title=Action sought against 21 church burnings in Pakistan - UCA News |url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/action-sought-against-21-church-burnings-in-pakistan/102309 |website=[[Union of Catholic Asian News]] |language=en |access-date=25 August 2023 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818144414/https://www.ucanews.com/news/action-sought-against-21-church-burnings-in-pakistan/102309 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farooq |first1=Joseph |date=August 20, 2023 |title=Pakistan: Arson Attack on the Christians Houses and the Churches in Jaranwala District of Faisalabad |url=https://orthochristian.com/155552.html |website=OrthoChristian |access-date=25 August 2023 |archive-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820200943/https://orthochristian.com/155552.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Over 100 criminals were arrested for the church arsons, including members of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zulqernain |first1=M. |date=17 August 2023 |title=Over 100 arrested for attacks on churches, Christian homes in Pakistan |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/over-100-arrested-for-attacks-on-churches-christian-homes-in-pakistan/20230817.htm |website=Rediff |language=en |access-date=25 August 2023 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818144414/https://www.rediff.com/news/report/over-100-arrested-for-attacks-on-churches-christian-homes-in-pakistan/20230817.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Electoral history==

===~~Sindh~~National Assembly ~~Elections~~elections===

{| class="wikitable"

!'''Election'''!! Leader !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''

|[[2018 Pakistani general election|2018]]||[[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]]|| 2,234,316 || 4.2% ||{{Composition bar|0|342|hex=green}}

|[[2024 Pakistani general election|2024]]||[[Saad Hussain Rizvi]]|| 2,888,619|| 4.88% ||{{Composition bar|0|342|hex=green}}

===Sindh Assembly elections===

{| class="wikitable"

!'''Election'''!! Leader !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''

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|[[2018 Sindh provincial election|2018]]||[[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]]|| 414,701 || 4.83% ||{{Composition bar|3|168|hex=green}}

|{{increase}} 3|| {{colour|red|Opposition}}

|[[2024 Sindh provincial election|2024]]||[[Saad Hussain Rizvi]]|| || % ||{{Composition bar|0|168|hex=green}}

|{{decrease}} 3|| {{colour|red|Opposition}}

===~~National~~Punjab Assembly ~~Elections~~elections===

{| class="wikitable"

!'''Election'''!! Leader !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''

|[[2018 ~~Pakistani~~Punjab ~~general~~provincial election|2018]]||[[Khadim Hussain Rizvi]]|| 21,~~234~~888,~~316~~240 || 45.27% ||{{Composition bar|0|~~342~~371|hex=green}}

===~~Punjab~~Balochistan Assembly ~~Elections~~elections===

{| class="wikitable"

!'''Election'''!! Leader !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''

|[[~~2018~~2024 ~~Punjab~~Balochistan provincial election|~~2018~~2024]]||[[~~Khadim~~Saad Hussain Rizvi]]|| ~~1,888,240~~ || ~~5.7~~% ||{{Composition bar|0|~~371~~65|hex=green}}

===Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elections===

{| class="wikitable"

!'''Election'''!! Leader !!'''Votes'''!!'''%'''!!'''Seats'''

|[[2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election|2024]]||[[Saad Hussain Rizvi]]|| || % ||{{Composition bar|0|145|hex=green}}

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== Bibliography ==