Police have registered two cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act against 41 workers and office bearers of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), including emirs of the district and Qasimabad tehsil, for allegedly continuing their political and religious activities despite the federal government’s ban. According to the officials, on the directives of higher authorities, complaints 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 have been named. The FIR said the accused gathered outside the Hyderabad Press Club despite the ban, raised slogans to recruit people into the banned organization and fled when the police tried to arrest them. In FIR No. 332/2026 at Qasimabad Police Station, lodged by ASI Lutaf Ali Bhutto, Emir of Qasimabad Tehsil Mufti Mansoor Karimi, Muhammad Rehan, Muslimuddin, Allama Nasir Abbas, Allama Hashim Raza, Allama Hafiz Aamir and 12 unidentified persons have been nominated. Three suspects – Mufti Mansoor Karimi, Muhammad Rehan Kashmiri and Muslimuddin Jamali – were arrested from the spot. The FIR claimed that they invited people to participate in 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 executives and workers were produced before the anti-terrorism court, which sent them to 7-day remand to the Hyderabad Central Jail.
41 TLP workers and leaders charged with terrorism
