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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed

Pakistan bans hard-line Islamist party after recent deadly clashes with police

Pakistan on Thursday banned a radical Islamist party behind recent violent protests that left at least one police officer and four civilians dead, the goverment said.

The decision, approved by the federal Cabinet on the recommendation of the Punjab provincial government, came more than a week after thousands of supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party, or TLP, clashed with police on the outskirts of Lahore.

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