Islamabad, Nov. 10 (TNS): Capital police on Friday lodged two more cases against Khadim Hussain Rizvi, chief of a faction of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah, who is leading demonstrators at Faizabad, the key entry point of Islamabad.
Rizvi has already been booked for the death of a child, who passed away after the ambulance taking him to a hospital was blocked by the protesters.
Pir Aijaz Afzal and other leaders and participants of the Islamabad protest sit-in have been also nominated in the two First Information Report (FIRs).
Staffers of a private TV channel nominated the protesting leaders in a case pertaining to the violence against the TV channel crew. According to the FIR, the media team was attacked, tortured, threatened and their vehicles were also smashed. The protesters also snatched their cameras, the complaint stated.
The second case was lodged on the complaint of Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza Chandio for the violation of Section 144 by the protesters, along with other charges.
Both the cases were registered at the I-9 Police Station.
More than 3,000 people camped out on the edge of the capital have been demanding the removal of the country’s law minister over a recently omitted reference to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in a constitutional bill.
The rally began with a few hundred members of the small Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah party who had gathered earlier this week at the main Faizabad crossing outside Islamabad.
