People gather near an ambulance carrying the body of Khadim Hussain Rizvi, leader of religious and political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), during the funeral service as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Lahore, Pakistan November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral of a hardline Pakistani cleric in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, defying a government ban on large public gatherings in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the country.
Khadim Hussain Rizvi, 54, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday, just days after leading a violent protest march to the capital, Islamabad, against the publication in France of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
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