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Pakistani cleric who led protests against Asia Bibi charged with terrorism

Asia Bibi

By: Keerthi Mohan

A cleric who led violent protests to protest the acquittal of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman involved in blasphemy charges, was on Saturday charged with terrorism and sedition offences. Last month, Khadim Hussain Rizvi and his party Tehreek-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) had led violent protests after the Supreme Court overturned the death penalty for Asia Bibi. They burned cars and buses and blocked major roads as they called for her execution. According to AFP, Rizvi was detained on November 24 after police launched a crackdown on hundreds of his supporters in Punjab province and Karachi. Fawad Chaudhry, federal minister for information…

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