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RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court sentenced 86 worker of Thereek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) to 55-years of imprisonment after finding them guilty of revolting and resisting against the police.

The convicted include TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi's brother Ameer Hussain Rizvi and nephew Mohammad Ali. In addition, the court ordered the convicts to collectively submit Rs12,925,000 and directed authorities to seize their moveable and immovable assets.

The verdict was announced late on Thursday night after which the convicts were escorted to Attock jail in three vehicles by Elite Force officials.

Rizvi was arrested along with other party leaders in 2018 in a crackdown by security forces in Lahore. Soon after the news of his arrest spread, hundreds of activists of the two parties took to the streets and blocked many roads for traffic.