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LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities on Friday night arrested a religious party leader whose supporters closed the big cities, demanding stricter enforcement of strict blasphemy laws against Islam.
The son of Khadim Hussain Rizvi, a prominent cleric and leader of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) party, said his father was taken in a night raid against his religious school, or madrassa, in the city of Lahore, in East of the country.
"The police raided our madrassa and arrested our revered chief," Saad Rizvi told Reuters by phone.
Written by Kay Johnson; Edited by Kevin Liffey
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