A large number of workers of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have gathered in Islamabad to participate in its ‘Storm Al-Aqsa Million March’ from Faizabad to the Constitution Avenue.
The TLP had announced the march on the federal capital last month for November 5 to express solidarity with the people of Palestine.
A large number of workers gathered on the Express Highway under the Faizabad bridge to participate in the 'Storm Al-Aqsa Million March', while workers in cars and buses carried Palestinian flags.
On the other hand, the local administration and police completely sealed the Red Zone of Islamabad.
All the routes leading to the Red Zone have been blocked by placing containers, while the roads from Ayub Chowk, Express Chowk and Nadra Chowk have been closed.
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Moreover, 3,000 police personnel have been deployed around the Red Zone, besides deployment of anti-riot and FC personnel on the routes leading to the high-security zone.
On November 1, during the hearing of appeals against the Supreme Court's Faizabad dharna case judgement, a three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and also comprising Justice Aminuddin and Justice Athar Minallah,
The chief justice had told the election commission’s lawyer not to use the prefix “hafiz” for the TLP workers responsible for the Faizabad sit-in. He also rejected the commission’s implementation report on the Faizabad dharna case, which also gave a clean chit to the TLP on accusations of being anti-state or receiving foreign funds.
From the scrutiny of the TLP’s foreign funds it shows the party received money from abroad, the report had stated.
