Radicals Call for Strike to Protest Asia Bibi Acquittal

Islamabad: The leader of the protests against the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, on blasphemy charges urged his followers on Friday to go on strike as negotiations with the Pakistan government to end the demonstrations failed. Cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi of the radical Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party — which supports strong blasphemy laws and had earlier threatened the judges with dire consequences if Asia Bibi was acquitted — said talks with the government had failed, Efe news reported. It said the government and the country’s main intelligence agency had threatened to open fire on them. “All the lovers of the Prophet and Ahle Sunnat public should gear up to embrace martyrdom for the honour of the Prophet,” Rizvi said on Twitter. (IANS)

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