Countrywide gridlocks as TLP chief arrested
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April 13, 2021
KARACHI/LAHORE/RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Monday staged demonstrations in different parts of the country to protest the arrest of its chief Saad Hussain Rizvi choking the smooth flow of traffic and inconveniencing the public.
Saad was arrested Monday afternoon when several vehicles of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and Elite Police intercepted his car a few kilometers from where he had led the funeral prayers of a noted trader leader.
CTD officials took Saad and one of his associates into their custody and took them to an unknown place. As soon as the news of Saad’s arrest broke out, TLP workers chanting slogans and holding placards came out on the major arteries in Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lalamusa, etc causing serious trouble to the commuters. A TLP spokesman condemned the government for arresting Saad Rizvi without charges while it was engaged with the TLP to postpone the sit-in.