ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has announced that a special cell comprising NADRA, Safe City Lahore and other agencies has been set up to identify the people involved in the violence against the police through videos.
Taking to Twitter, the federal minister said dozens of people have been identified through various videos on social media so far and action is being taken against them under the Anti- Terrorism Act.
نادرا،سیف سٹی لاہور اور دیگر اداروں پرمشتمل خصوصی سیل قائم کیا گیاہے جو پولیس پر تشدد میں ملوث لوگوں کی ویڈیوز کے ذریعے نشاندہی کر رہا ہے اب تک درجنوں لوگ شناخت کرلئے گئے ہیں اور ان کے خلاف دہشت گردی ایکٹ کےتحت کاروائ کا آغاز ہو رہا ہے،ضلعی انتظامیہ تمام تقاریر کو بھی مانیٹرکریگی
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 16, 2021
The protests took the lives of three people and wounded more than 100 police officers. The government has registered cases against the protesters for creating chaos, vandalising public and private properties, and beating up police personnel.
Nearly 100 policemen were left injured during clashes with the protesters. Some 2,135 protesters have been arrested from across the country, out of which 1,669 were from Punjab and 228 from Sindh.
A day earlier, the government issued a notification to ban the Tehreek e Labaik Pakistan (TLP) party, under the Anti Terrorism Act 1997 and declared it a proscribed organisation.
A notification issued by the Ministry of Interior said the decision has been taken as the “Federal Government has reasonable grounds to believe that Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan is engaged in terrorism, [has] acted in a manner prejudicial to the peace and security of the country, involved in creating anarchy in the country by intimidating the public.”
