The Namaz-e-Janaza of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi, 54, who passed away Thursday evening after a prolonged illness in Lahore, will be held at Minar-e-Pakistan at 10am on Saturday,It was earlier announced that the funeral will be offered on Friday after Juma prayers but as a large number of people are expected to come from outside the country to attend the funeral, the Namaz-e-Janaza will now be held at Minar-e-Pakistan at 10am on Saturday (November 21). Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s body is being kept at his house-cum-mosque right at the Centre between Scheme Morr and Chowk Yateem Khana on Multan Road. A large number of policemen were deployed on both sides of the mosque and the dual road is close for the public traffic, though Orange Line Metro Train service continued its operations. A large number of Khadim Rizvi’s supporters are gathered outside the mosque. According to family members, Khadim Rizvi was shifted to Shaikh Zayed Hospital in Lahore after his health deteriorated on Thursday evening. Doctors confirmed the death of Khadim Rizvi, saying he was brought to the hospital dead. He was suffering from fever and breathing problems. Later, Rizvi’s body was moved to his residence.
Khadim Hussain Rizvi was born in 1966 in the Pindigheb area of Attock District, Punjab. He started hafiz class in Jhelum. Further, he took admission in Jamia Nizamia, Lahore. He is a Hafiz-e-Quran and Sheikh-ul-Hadith. He delivered Friday sermons at Lahore’s Pir Makki Masjid while in the Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department. He has been confined to a wheelchair since 2009 ever since an accident near Gujranwala as the driver of his vehicle fell asleep while driving from Rawalpindi to Lahore. TEHREEK-E-LABBAIK PAKISTAN In 2015, he founded a political party called Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a political front for Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYP). TLP came into existence after the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, who assassinated Salmaan Taseer, the Governor of Punjab, for opposing the blasphemy laws and subsequently rose to fame. During the assassination of the Governor, Rizvi was serving as an Auqaf official in the Punjab government. Rizvi had justified the assassination on the pretext that Taseer had termed the blasphemy law as a “black law”. He was served warning notices to cease and desist from spreading his views in favour of blasphemy laws but his refusal to do so led to his removal from public service. After his removal, Rizvi had more opportunity to preach his views. He travelled across the country to build support for Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which deals with blasphemy committed against Holy Prophet (PBUH). He also spoke out for the release of Mumtaz Qadri.
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