A cleric in Pakistan has been arrested under the anti-terrorism act for threatening to kill Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai over her recent comments on marriage.
Cleric, who threatened Malala of suicide attack, arrested
Mufti Sardar had said he would carry out suicide attack against Nobel Peace Prize laureate if she visits Pakistan
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai poses for photographs during the Education and Development G7 Ministers Summit in Paris, France, July 5, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
D I KHAN:
A cleric from Nowshera district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), who threatened the world s youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai with a suicide attack during a speech, has been arrested by Lakki Marwat police.
Complainant SHO Wasim Sajjad, in an FIR registered against the cleric at Pizo police station in Lakki Marwat, stated that Mufti Sardar Ali Haqqani delivered a speech at Speen Jumat, Wahid Ghari in Peshawar.