ISLAMABAD: Powerful clerics round the country have called for a shutter-down strike across Pakistan today, Monday, in support of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) that was banned by the government for outbreaks of violence last week.
The former head of the moon-sighting Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s (JUI) Fazlur Rehman both announced their support Sunday night, Samaa TV reported.
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Police and rangers were put on high alert in Karachi. Public transporters and markets said they would not operate in the city.
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