Saad Hussain Rizvi TLP Chief arrested in Lahore

The chief of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, Saad Hussain Rizvi, has been arrested in Lahore on Monday.

According to Pir Ejaz Ashrafi, TPL spokesperson, Rizvi was taken into custody after Zuhar prayers on Monday from Jamia Masjid Rehmat ul Aalameen on Multan Road, Lahore.

As per the spokesperson, the Lahore police did not give any reason to arrest Saad Rizvi.

Pir Ashrafi added that the TLP chairperson had announced a protest on April 20.

Following the TPL Cheif’s arrest, reports of protests from TLP members are being reported from Lahore.

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Saad was elected as the TLP chief by the party’s Shura after his father Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s death in November 2020.