Bureau Report
LAHORE: The security forces have detained Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Chief Saad Hussain Rizvi in Lahore on Monday, according to the party leadership.
According to reports, a senior police official also confirmed that Rizvi had been taken into custody as a “pre-emptive measure” ahead of its April 20 deadline. However, no first information report (FIR) against Saad Rizvi has been registered so far.
TLP leader Syed Zaheerul Hassan Shah, in a video message, confirmed Saad’s arrest and said the government had “completely deviated from” the agreement it had reached with his party regarding Namoos-i-Risalat.
“The government has resorted to thuggery (gunda gardi) and is restoring its past practices.”
Shah called upon party leaders and workers to “come out on the roads” in their areas in protest against the government action. “Carry out protest demonstrations on roads and wherever you are, jam the entire country,” he told them in the message. Following the development, protests erupted in multiple cities of the country.
