LAHORE – Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi has beensent to jail on judicial remand.
As per media report, anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Tuesday sentTehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Pir AfzalQadri and four others to jail on a 14-day judicial remand.
The directive was made during the hearing of a case concerning protestsacross the country in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to acquitAasia Bibi in October last year.
During the hearing on Tuesday, workers of the party had gathered outsidethe ATC, with strict security arrangements in place to avoid any violentincidents.
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Rizvi, Qadri as well as Illama Farooqul Hassan and Illama Aijaz Ashrafi arefacing charges of fueling the protests, inciting followers to damageproperty and making hate speeches targeting state institutions.
Protests had erupted in several cities after the Supreme Court acquittedAasia Bibi, a Christian woman who had been sentenced to death on blasphemycharges, on October 31..
