Pakistan Arrests Top Leader of Radical Islamic Party in Lahore

The head of the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Labbaik radical religious party, Khadim Hussain Rizvi prays during a sit-in protest in Islamabad, Pakistan on Nov. 24, 2017. AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, file

LAHORE, Pakistan—The party of a radical Islamic cleric who disrupted daily life with rallies across Pakistan following the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case says he has been arrested by police in the city of Lahore.

In a statement, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik party said their leader, Khadim Hussain Rizvi, was arrested Nov. 23.