LAHORE – Tehreek-e-Labbaik Chief, Khadim Hussain Rizvi has reportedly beenarrested.
As per media report, Rizvi has been taken into custody by Punjab policeamid a crackdown on the religio-political on Friday.
The firebrand cleric, 52, was arrested from his Lahore’s residence ahead ofhis party’s planned rally to Rawalpindi.
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah’s Chairman Dr Ashraf Asif Jalali has alsobeen detained, according to reports in local media.
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Rizvi had critisised state institutions including the government, militaryand the judiciary on numerous occasions, most notably after a failed roundof negotiations between the TLP and the government over the acquittal ofAsia Bibi, a Christian woman on death row for blasphemy.
