No decision on TLP chief’s release yet

Published November 18, 2021
TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi. — Photo courtesy: Facebook
TLP chief Saad Hussain Rizvi. — Photo courtesy: Facebook

LAHORE: A high-level meeting held here on Wednesday under the Punjab Law Minister Basharat Raja could not reach a consensus on the release of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief Hafiz Saad Rizvi.

The meeting linked Rizvi’s release with the decision of the Federal Review Board, which had already been approached by the provincial government seeking withdrawal of its application regarding his detention.

Sources say the local authorities have been directed to cooperate with the TLP in observing the first death anniversary of outfit’s founder Allama Khadim Rizvi.

Published in Dawn, November 18th, 2021

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