TLP leader Pir Ijaz Ashrafi has confirmed that Saad Hussain Rizvi, head of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, has been arrested from Lahore.
Saad Rizvi was taken into custody from the Iqbal Town area on Monday afternoon, April 12. He had gone to offer prayers in Jamia Masjid Rehmat-ul-Alamin.
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Saad Rizvi was arrested near his residence during the funeral prayers of the leader of Tehreek-e-Libek and Tehreek-e-Libek leader Khalid Awan confirmed his arrest.
As soon as Saad Rizvi finished his funeral prayers, law enforcement agencies arrested him.
It is to be noted that Tehreek-e-Libek had given the government till April 20 to deport the French ambassador and if not, it had announced nationwide protests and demonstrations.
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Sources said that Saeed Rizvi has been arrested by the Tehreek-e-Libek to maintain law and order in view of possible protests.
The leader of Tehreek-e-Libek said that the government had reneged on its promise to deport the French ambassador on April 20 and had arrested Saad Rizvi.
Khalid Awan said that despite the arrest of Saad Rizvi, he would not back down from his mission.
He said that the police have not yet clarified the crime for which Saad Rizvi has been arrested.
It should be noted that in 2020, there was a strong reaction in the Muslim world to the publication of blasphemous sketches of the Prophet of Islam at the official level in France, especially in Pakistan, and it was strongly condemned. What was terminated after the agreement with the government on November 16?
TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi died on November 19, 2020, two days after the agreement.
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The November agreement said the government would take a decision from parliament within three months on the deportation of the French ambassador, would not appoint an ambassador to France, and would release all arrested TLP workers. That the government will not file any case against TLP leaders or workers after the sit-in.
Although the last two demands were accepted immediately, the first demand was pending.
The TLP later warned in January that it would resume protests if the government did not fulfill its promise to deport the French ambassador by February 17 over blasphemy.
On Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s 40th birthday, his son and new TLP chief Saad Rizvi had warned the government, “If you have forgotten your agreement, look at our history. You have until February 17 to evacuate the French ambassador.
Following the rejection of the demands, Tehreek-e-Libek had announced a march and sit-in in Islamabad on February 16.
However, on February 11, another agreement was reached between the government and Tehreek-e-Libek Pakistan on the issue of deportation of the French ambassador over the publication of blasphemous sketches.
According to an available copy of the agreement, talks between the government of Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Labeek-e-Yarsollah have been going on for the past one month, in which the government reiterated its commitment and the terms of the agreement will be tabled in Parliament by April 20, 2021. And decisions will be made with the approval of Parliament.
According to the agreement reached between the two sides, the names of those who have been included in the Fourth Schedule of the Tehreek-e-Lubaik Pakistan will be removed, and any activity contrary to the spirit of the agreement will be deemed canceled by April 20, 2021. ۔
Confirming the agreement, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Pir Noorul Haq Qadri had said that Tehreek-e-Libek had postponed the Islamabad March on February 16.
He said the federal minister had said that the government would raise the issue of deportation of the French ambassador in parliament by April 20.
It should be noted that Tehreek-e-Libek had announced nationwide protests on April 20 over the government’s rejection of demands and non-implementation of the agreement.
It should be noted that Saad Hussain Rizvi was appointed as the head of TLP after the death of his father Khadim Hussain Rizvi. The decision to appoint Saad Rizvi as the head was taken by the TLP’s Majlis-e-Shura.
His appointment was announced by the party’s central deputy chief Syed Zaheerul Hassan Shah at the funeral.
In his address, Saad Rizvi reiterated his father’s commitment to continue the mission.
