Khan is now scrambling to keep order, months after launching a war of words with President Emmanuel Macron following the French leader's defence of the magazine Charlie Hebdo's right to republish images of Mohammed - an act deemed blasphemous by many Muslims.
"No Pakistani politician or military dictator has or is going to challenge the idea that the honour and the sanctity of Islam and the prophet, and his person in particular, are not important to them," said political analyst Mosharraf Zaidi. The assailant later admitted to being inspired by the likes of Khadim Rizvi, the late leader of the TLP.
When his arrest was met with nationwide rioting, Khan's government retaliated by officially banning the TLP - effectively labelling them a terrorist outfit. Banning the TLP may have little impact, however, as other religious parties have now thrown their support behind the group.
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