Review board rejects govt’s plea to extend Saad Rizvi’s detention
July 3, 2021
LAHORE: A provincial review board on Friday turned down a request of the Punjab home department to extend the detention of Saad Rizvi, leader of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
Reports said the police produced Rizvi before a three-member board comprising honourable judges of the Lahore High Court amid strict security arrangements. During an in-camera proceeding, an official of the home department presented records of the cases against Rizvi and requested the board to extend his detention for another 30 days. Advocate Burhan Moazzam Malik represented Rizvi and opposed the government’s request.