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    Limited Success Again, As Taliban Try for Influence in Punjab

    Published | November 26,2025

    By | Kiran Butt

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    On November 8, 2025, communication channels associated with the proscribed Tehreek -e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group began disseminating a video featuring five armed individuals addressing the people of Punjab. A masked man identified himself in Punjabi as Muhammad Husnain Rizvi from Lahore, Punjab, adding he was connected to the banned far-right party Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), led by Saad Hussain Rizvi.

    Saad Rizvi is the second emir of TLP, succeeding his late father Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who established the party in August 2015. According to...

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