Saad Hussain Rizvi

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Saad Hussain Rizvi
سعد حسین رضوی
2nd Ameer of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan[1]
Assumed office
21 November 2020
Preceded byKhadim Hussain Rizvi
Personal
Born
Attock, Punjab, Pakistan[1]
ReligionIslam
NationalityPakistani
Parents
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
Political partyTehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
OccupationPolitician[1]

Saad Hussain Rizvi (Urdu: سعد حسین رضوی) is the second leader of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan,[2][3][4] a far-right Pakistani Islamist political party. He is the son of the TLP's founder Khadim Hussain Rizvi.[5]

Early life[]

Rizvi was born in Attock then moved to Lahore Masjid Rehmatal-lil-Almeen (Yateem Khanna Chowk, Lahore) where his father was a mosque preacher.[1] He attended the Royal Grammar School and later joined his father's Madrassah Abbu Zar Ghaffari for Hifz-E-Quran. Later, he studied Qirat-o-Tajweed for a year.[1] He is fluent in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Punjabi languages.[1]

Political career[]

Rizvi joined Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in 2015. He served as the Deputy Secretary-General of the party. In November 2020, after the death of his father Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Saad Rizvi became the leader of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.[2]

2021 protests[]

Main articles: 2021 Pakistani protests and October 2021 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests

On 12 April 2021, the Government of Pakistan arrested Rizvi in Lahore and charged under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (ATA), which caused unrest.[6][7][8][9][10]

Attiq Ahmed, the public relations officer of Punjab Prisons said on 20 April that Rizvi had been released. Lahore's Jail Superintendent Asad Warraich, however, said he did not know of any such release and they had received no order to release him.[11] Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad later confirmed that Rizvi had not been freed.[12]

A review board of the Lahore High Court rejected extending Saad's detention on 8 July, stating the government had no evidence to keep him in custody.[13] His detention was however later extended by the government for 90 days under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.[14] The Lahore High Court ruled his detention illegal on 1 October, in response to a petition filed by his uncle.[15] The federal review board of the Supreme Court however extended his detention by a month on the next day.[16]

The Government of Punjab later appealed to the Supreme Court against the Lahore High Court's decision, but it handed over the case on 12 October to a two-member special bench of the Lahore High Court to decide.[17] The TLP later again took to protests to demand his release.[18] After a deal reached between the Government of Pakistan and the TLP, the ban on the organisation was removed and Rizvi's name was removed from the terrorism watchlist on 12 November.[19] He was released from prison on 18 November.[20][21]

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c "Who is TLP's new chief?". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  3. ^ "Tehreek-e-Labbaik: New far-right campaigns against 'blasphemy'". www.aljazeera.com.
  4. ^ Dawn.com (4 September 2018). "'We will not bow to extremists': Govt hits back after vicious campaign targets Atif Mian".
  5. ^ "TLP Chiefs Son Hafiz Saad Rizvi Appointed As New Head Of The Party". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  6. ^ Dawn.com (2021-04-15). "Government bans TLP under anti-terrorism law". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  7. ^ "Banned party TLP's chief Saad Rizvi placed on fourth schedule, assets frozen". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  8. ^ "Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik fuels anti-France violence in Pakistans". France 24. 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  9. ^ "Pakistan has banned TLP. What will happen next? | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  10. ^ "Explained: Who are the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, the extremist group behind the ongoing crisis in Pak?". 27 April 2021.
  11. ^ Gabol, Imran (20 April 2021). "Conflicting reports emerge on TLP chief Saad Rizvi's release from Lahore jail". dawn.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ^ "TLP chief Saad Rizvi remains under arrest under terrorism law: Rasheed". The Express Tribune. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Review board orders release of TLP chief". The Express Tribune. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Plea against Saad Rizvi's detention disposed of". Dawn. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  15. ^ Rana Bilal (1 October 2021). "LHC declares TLP chief Saad Rizvi's detention illegal". Dawn. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  16. ^ Aamir Saeed (3 October 2021). "Supreme Court extends detention of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan leader". Arab News. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  17. ^ Rana Bilal (12 October 2021). "SC remands Saad Rizvi's detention case back to LHC for two-member special bench to decide". Dawn. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  18. ^ Mubasher Bukhari; Ashif Shahzad (22 October 2021). "Three Pakistani police killed in clashes with banned Islamists". Reuters. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  19. ^ Mubasher Bukhari (11 November 2021). "Pakistan takes Islamist off terrorism list under deal to end protests". Reuters. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  20. ^ Mubasher Bukhari (18 November 2021). "Pakistan frees hardline Islamist under a deal to end violence". Reuters.
  21. ^ LahoreNovember 19, Reuters; November 19, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 08:14. "Pakistan frees hardline Islamist leader Saad Hussain Rizvi under deal to end violence". India Today. Retrieved 2021-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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