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| Court says written guarantee from Khadim Rizvi will no longer help bail plea |
| 2019-04-12 |
| [DAWN] The Lahore High Court on Thursday withdrew an amnesty it had earlier been willing to grant Khadim Hussain Rizvi, saying the time to provide a written guarantee ‐ promising that Rizvi will not disrupt law and order if provided bail ‐ has now 'passed'. 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 following Rizvi's call to party members to observe 'martyr's day' on November 25, the anniversary of the Faizabad sit-in. Rizvi had asked workers and supporters to gather at the Faizabad Interchange in Islamabad ‐ the same venue where his party had staged a weeks-long sit-in in November 2017 virtually paralysing the federal capital and leading to several people losing their lives. |
| Posted by:Fred |