Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief Saad Hussain Rizvi waves to supporters as he is taken away after a court hearing. — Twitter/File
LAHORE: As 90-day detention of Hafiz Saad Rizvi, leader of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) was set to end on Saturday, the Punjab government issued a fresh notification of his preventive detention for another 90 days.
Rizvi was detained on April 12, 2021 under Section 3 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960 for 30 days with two extensions of the same days.
This time, the deputy commissioner of Lahore invoked his powers under Section 11 EEE of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and issued the order for detention of Rizvi for 90 days. On the other hand, the Supreme Court (Lahore registry) is set to hear on Monday a petition challenging the detention of Rizvi.