Earlier this month in Pakistan, supporters of an Islamist group launched violent protests that brought the country to a standstill. In the end, the group got the government to accede to a key demand: debate on a bill to expel the French ambassador. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum examines the rise of the group — the TLP — and the source of its outsized influence on the government.
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