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| LHC seeks written guarantee from Khadim Rizvi that he won't create unrest if released on bail |
| 2019-04-09 |
| [DAWN] The Lahore High Court on Monday told Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistain (TLP) leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi to provide a written affidavit stating that he would not create unrest in the society if released on bail. Rizvi was taken into "protective custody" by police in Lahore on November 23, 2018, after law enforcement agencies launched a massive crackdown against workers of TLP and Tehrik-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA). The crackdown came ahead of Rizvi's call to party members to observe deaders’ day on November 25, the anniversary of the Faizabad sit-in. He had asked workers and supporters to gather at Faizabad in Islamabad ‐ the same venue where the party had staged a weeks-long sit-in in November 2017 that had virtually paralysed the federal capital and led to several people losing their lives. Rizvi's arrest also came weeks after the TLP led three-day protests across the country against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi ‐ a Christian woman whose blasphemy conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court at the end of last month. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "I promise, really." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-09 14:20 |