KARACHI: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a nascent religiopolitical party founded by Khadim Hussain Rizvi, on Thursday proclaimed to hold a demonstration in Karachi on August 12 against an alleged poll rigging in the recent general elections, and threatened to stage a sit-in or even lead a long march to the federal capital, if the party’s demands are not met. TLP could not acquire any national assembly seat, but managed to emerge as the fifth largest political party of Pakistan by gaining a substantial number of votes. “We were defeated through a massive rigging,” a TLP representative said. In a hope of becoming a significant stakeholder in the metropolis, the TLP aims to plan another similar activity led by Rizvi. Earlier, the party had decided to hold a rally from the shrine of Data Ali Hajvery to the Punjab Assembly in Lahore on August 6.

Source: Pakistan Today August 02, 2018 12:11 UTC