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Pakistan due to the violent protests' and serious threats. However, several French nationals refused to leave the country, stating that the threats were from TLP radicals, but not from the ordinary citizens. An anonymous Pakistani
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for four hours on 16 April in an attempt to curb the protests, as the TLP has wide social media penetration. Later, it banned coverage of the TLP by local media. On the same day, the
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Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (ATA), which further angered protesters, causing widespread unrest. Protests broke out across the country, with TLP activists blocking transport routes and cutting off cities including
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Pakistan if the government did not expel the French ambassador from the country by 20 April. On 12 April, after Rizvi was arrested in
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disperse. But several demonstrators expressed their disbelief in the statement, insisting on seeing or hearing it coming from Rizvi himself. TLP supporters in
Britain staged a protest near the Pakistan High Commission in
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French products. In November 2020, activists of the
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