Pakistan, Oct. 17 -- Punjab has once again invoked Section 144, prohibiting public gatherings and launching a large-scale operation against Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan after the group's latest descent into street violence. What was announced as a march for Gaza solidarity soon collapsed into clashes on the outskirts of Lahore, where highways were barricaded, daily life came to a standstill, and a police officer was killed in the line of duty. More than two thousand people have been arrested, almost three thousand have been placed on travel watch lists, and the provincial government has announced its intention to recommend a federal ban on the organisation while closing its seminaries and freezing its assets. The steps are stern, and they c...