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TLP Deputy Chief Sentenced for Inciting Violence and Threats

12/16/2025

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A court sentenced Zaheerul Hassan Shah, deputy chief of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), to 35 years for inciting violence.
He offered 10 million rupees ($36,000) for the beheading of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa in July 2024.
The ruling followed Shah's inflammatory remarks after Isa granted bail to an Ahmadi accused of blasphemy.
The government banned the TLP after violent clashes in October 2025, with multiple fatalities and thousands of arrests.

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A court sentenced Zaheerul Hassan Shah, deputy chief of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), to 35 years for inciting violence.
He offered 10 million rupees ($36,000) for the beheading of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa in July 2024.
The ruling followed Shah's inflammatory remarks after Isa granted bail to an Ahmadi accused of blasphemy.
The government banned the TLP after violent clashes in October 2025, with multiple fatalities and thousands of arrests.