TLP head Khadim Hussain Rizvi dies at 54

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) head Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi has passed away from Coronavirus at the age of 54, family and party sources said.

Rizvi was suffering from fever since the past few days. Rizvi was taken to Sheikh Zayed Hospital where he breathed his last, Geo News reported.

A large number of TLP workers have gathered at his house in Lahore to mourn his untimely demise.

Journalist Asad Ali Khan quoted sources as saying that Khadim Rizvi was pronounced dead on arrival in hospital.

TLP workers reportedly misbehaved with the doctors of Sheikh Zayed Hospital and immediately left the hospital with the dead body.

Khadim Hussain Rizvi was born in Attock district of Punjab in 1966. For his early education, he studied Hifz and Tajweed from a madressah in Jhelum and later on studied from the Jamia Nizamia Rizvia in Lahore.

“Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s death is a tragedy,” said Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi. “We offer condolences to Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s family,” he added.

علامه خادم حسين رضوى كا انتقال سانحه هے حافظ محمد طاهر محمود اشرفى. مرحوم كےاهل خانه سےاظهار تعزيت كرتےهين حافظ محمد طاهر محمود اشرفى

— TahirMahmoodAshrafi حافظ محمد طاهراشرفى (@TahirAshrafi) November 19, 2020

علامہ خادم حسین رضوی کی اچانک وفات سے دلی صدمہ ہوا۔ اہل خانہ اور تحریک لبیک کے کارکنان و ذمہ داران کے غم میں برابر کے شریک ہیں، اظہار تعزیت کرتے ہیں اور اللہ تعالی کے حضور ان کی مغفرت کے لیے دعاگو ہیں۔ اللہ تعالی انھیں جنت الفردوس میں جگہ دے اور لواحقین کو صبرجمیل سے نوازے۔ آمین

— Siraj ul Haq (@SirajOfficial) November 19, 2020