

The Tehreek-e-Labbaik activists start their march from Lahore towards Islamabad





Sit-in protest begins as religious group blocks Faizabad Interchange



The 2,000 protesters demand resignation of Law Minister Zahid Hamid for allegedly amending the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat clause in the Election Act 2017





Tehreek-e-Labbaik activists injure three cops at the Faizabad Interchange





The National Assembly gives the nod to ‘The Election (Amendment) Elections Bill 2017’, seeking restoration of the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat [finality of Prophet-hood] clause to its original form





The Islamabad High Court (IHC) orders the religious group to end its sit-in on the Faizabad Intersection — the main link between the twin cities





The government convenes a grand meeting of leading clerics in an effort to find a peaceful solution to the protracted sit-in that has paralysed the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad for the last two weeks





Islamabad police arrest a suspect allegedly carrying 2kg of explosive material near Faizabad Interchange





IHC issues show-cause notices to the district administration Islamabad and interior ministry officials over their failure to implement the court order to disperse the sit-in





The Supreme Court of Pakistan takes notice of the sit-in





Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal says the government machinery is capable of clearing Islamabad’s Faizabad Interchange of religious protesters within three hours if assured against the propagation of the sensitive issue





The Islamabad administration issues a final warning to the protesters, occupying the Faizabad Interchange to clear the roads or face “strict action”





Police, Frontier Corps personnel launch crackdown but retreat within hours





Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa telephones Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and advises him to handle the Faizabad sit-in peacefully as “violence is against national interest and cohesion”



The 21-day-long sit-in by religious protesters at Islamabad's Faizabad Interchange finally came to an end on Monday.The government was forced to accept Tehreek-e-Labbaik’s demands after a government operation to break up the sit-in went awry and sparked violent protests across the country.Here’s a timeline to understand how it all began and came to an end: