Times of Islamabad

New developments reported in the case against TLP Chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi

New developments reported in the case against TLP Chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi

LAHORE – New developments have been reported in the case of the TLP ChiefKhadim Hussain Rizvi.

A court in Lahore on Wednesday granted a 20-day physical remandof Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi.

A petition over the matter was filed by Civil Lines police which producedthe cleric before the court earlier in the day, seeking a 30-day physicalremand.

According to officials, a photogrammetric test of the TLP chief was citedas the reason for seeking physical remand.

In November last year, Rizvi arrested after the government ordered lawenforcement agencies to begin a countrywide crackdown on the far-rightreligious outfit.

Rizvi was arrested after TLP-led protests paralysed normal life across thecountry in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit Aasia Bibi.