TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi passes away

Rizvi reportedly had a high fever and was admitted to Lahore’s Shaikh Zayed Hospital, confirmed the family.

After Rizvi’s health deteriorated, he was taken to Sheikh Zayed Hospital today where he expired.

Rizvi was born in Attock district on June 22, 1966. For his early education, he studied Hifz and Tajweed from a madressah in Jhelum and later on studied from the Jamia Nizamia Rizvia in Lahore.

In 2015, he founded a political party called Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). TLP came into existence after the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, who assassinated Salmaan Taseer, the former Governor of Punjab.