Pakistani authorities have arrested the leader of a religious party which had disrupted daily life with nationwide rallies following the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case.
The son of Khadim Hussain Rizvi, leader of the right-wing Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) party, said his father was taken away on Friday in a nighttime raid on his religious school in the eastern city of Lahore.
"Police raided our school and arrested our revered leader," Saad Rizvi said.
The TLP said in a statement that Rizvi was arrested along with scores of supporters.
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