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Pakistani authorities have arrested around 135 people in connection with an unprecedented mob attack on 21 churches in Punjab province, even as the government on Thursday ordered a high-level investigation into the riots over allegations of blasphemy.
We are deeply concerned that churches and houses have been targeted in Pakistan.
In Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad district, about 130 kilometers from the provincial capital, dozens of churches and houses belonging to Christians were burned on Wednesday by a mob enraged by the desecration of the Koran by two Christians. 135 arrested for attacks on 21 churches in Pak
According to the Punjab government, around 135 people were arrested, including activists of the extremist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). "A case has been registered against 600 suspects on charges of terrorism and blasphemy," said Punjab's caretaker information minister Amir Mir. He said peace had been restored in the area and a large contingent of police and security personnel had been deployed outside the churches and houses of the Christian community.

All educational institutions, markets, and commercial establishments remained closed in Jaranwala on Thursday.
Mohsin Naqvi, the deputy minister of Punjab province, promised to restore all damaged churches and Christian houses within three to four days. Naqvi condemned mob violence and said that such activities were against the teachings of Islam and the Holy Prophet.
He said the mob attack was a "premeditated conspiracy" to "set the country on fire and sabotage its peace", the media said.