Khadim Rizvi's brother, nephew sentenced to 57 years in jail.

RAWALPINDI -- A Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court sentenced 86 people to jail for 55 years each for the protests that sprang up after the arrest of TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Among the convicts are Rizvi's brother Ameer Hussain Rizvi and nephew Mohammad Ali. They were convicted by Judge Shaukat Kamal Dar of staging protests, destroying property and interfering with the police's duties. The 86 convicts are all at the Attock jail. There were actually 87 people named in the FIR but one obtained bail and fled abroad. They have all been sentenced to 55 years in jail each, making the collective...

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