LAHORE: The district police today (Monday) have arrested Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chairperson Saad Hussain Rizvi in Lahore.
According to details, the TLP chief was taken into custody after Zuhar prayers from Jamia Masjid Rehmat ul Aalameen on Multan Road, Lahore.
However, no reasons were provided immediately. Sources have informed that the TLP chairperson had announced a protest on April 20.
In a video message, TLP naib emir Syed Zaheerul Hassan Shah said the government had “completely deviated from” the agreement it had reached with the party regarding Namoos-i-Risalat.
“The government has resorted to thuggery and is restoring its past practices,” he added. Shah called upon TLP 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. “We will not step back from our mission because of Saad Rizvi’s arrest,” he concluded.
The TLP had previously called off protests in February after an agreement was signed between the group and the government. The agreement stated that the government would reach a consensus in the parliament regarding the expulsion of the French ambassador within three months, would not appoint its ambassador to France and would release all the arrested workers of the TLP.
