TLP Pakistan minister says banned TLP to face over 200 terrorism cases
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) will have to face terrorism cases as only 668 of its 733 workers were detained under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) have been set free.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the minister explained that 210 FIRs registered against TLP leaders and workers involving terrorism charges would go through the legal process, reports Dawn News.
They included an FIR registered against TLP chief Saad Rizvi under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Rizvi continued to be in the judicial lockup, he added.
He said most have been released from south Punjab and Faisalabad.
Saad Hussain Rizvi, the chief of the Tahreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a radical Islamist group responsible for recent violent protests in Pakistan, was released on Tuesday following the negotiations between the government and the group that started earlier this week. Rizvi was arrested around a week ago after he had threatened to launch protests if the government failed to expel the French envoy from the country.
However, following his arrests, violent protests rocked major cities of the country.
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