Crackdown on miscreants goes on.

LAHORE -- Police on Tuesday continued crackdown on rioters who blocked roads, damaged public and private property and attacked the general public during protests against acquittal of Christian woman Aasia Bibi by the Supreme Court in a blasphemy case on October 31

The Punjab police arrested alleged protesters for arson, vandalism and attacking the policemen.

As per a report, 44 suspects have been arrested in Sahiwal, 18 in Lahore, and five each in Rawalpindi and Nankana Sahib. Out of the total Eleven FIRs were lodged in Lahore, six in Sheikhupura and four in Sahiwal.

Some cases were registered under terrorism charges as well. The arrests are being made on the basis of the forensic analysis of mobile phone and CCTV footages, and other evidences.

On October 31, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel the acquitted Aasia Bibi. On October 8, the...

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