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FIA Freezes TLP Accounts as Police Seize Cash and Gold in Widening Crackdown

Police report locating Saad Rizvi alongside his brother, with arrests expected shortly.

Overview

  • Security forces dismantled the Muridke sit‑in and reopened GT Road after overnight clashes that saw the protest camp cleared.
  • Rawat and Taxila police registered terrorism and public‑order cases naming Saad Hussain Rizvi and others, citing gunfire, petrol bombs and the theft of a tear‑gas launcher with 150 shells.
  • Raids on Rizvi’s office and residence, conducted with FIA and cyber investigators, recovered Rs144.4 million in cash, 1,922 grams of gold, silver, luxury watches and multiple foreign currencies.
  • The FIA said it has frozen bank accounts of TLP leaders and supporters, opened money‑laundering investigations and moved to place individuals on the no‑fly list.
  • Officials reported at least three deaths with dozens injured, including 48 officers and 17 with gunshot wounds, while earlier reports cited four fatalities.