The police have registered two cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act against 41 workers and officials of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), including the tehsil emirs of the district and Qasimabad, for allegedly continuing political and religious activities despite the federal government’s ban. According to officials, following instructions from higher authorities, the cases were lodged at Cantt and Qasimabad police stations. In FIR No. 118/2026 at Cantt police station, filed by ASI Pritam Kumar, district emir Hafiz Zeeshan Rabbani, Faizan Siddiqui, Atta Rasool Abbasi, Ismail Kashmiri, Hafiz Ghulam Qadir Malikani, Muhammad Nazir, Farhan Qadir, Irfan Qureshi and 15 unidentified workers were nominated. The FIR stated that the accused gathered in front of the Hyderabad Press Club despite the ban, raised slogans to recruit people for the banned organization and fled when the police tried to arrest them. In FIR No. 332/2026 at Qasimabad Police Station, filed by ASI Lutaf Ali Bhutto, Qasimabad Tehsil Emir Mufti Mansoor Karimi, Muhammad Rehan, Muslimuddin, Allama Nasir Abbas, Allama Hashim Raza, Allama Hafiz Aamir and 12 unidentified persons were nominated. Three suspects, Mufti Mansoor Karimi, Muhammad Rehan Kashmiri and Muslimuddin Jamali, were arrested on the spot. The FIR alleged that they were inviting people to join organizational activities near the Sui Gas office. Meanwhile, Cantt police also showed the arrest of four previously detained persons including district emir Hafiz Zeeshan Imtiaz Rabbani, Hafiz Atta Rasool Abbasi, Ismail and Faizan. The seven arrested leaders and workers were produced before the Anti-Terrorism Court, which sent them to judicial remand for seven days at the Hyderabad Central Jail.
41 TLP workers and leaders accused of terrorism
