The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) regional emir Syed Inayatul Haq Shah in an alleged terror financing case and secured his nine-day physical remand.
A senior FIA official said Shah was among eight key alleged financiers of the TLP arrested by the agency’s Counter Terrorism Wing (CTW) in coordinated operations in Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
The official said investigators traced Shah to Rawalpindi before carrying out the arrest.
According to the FIA, its inquiry identified around 1,800 suspected bank accounts allegedly linked to Shah, his family members and other suspects and believed to have been used for financing the banned organisation.
The agency said a case had been registered against Shah at the Counter Terrorism Circle police station in Lahore.
Investigators allege that Shah and his associates withdrew Rs13.4 million in cash from a madrassah account on October 13 and 14, 2025, during a TLP protest march from Lahore towards Muridke.
The FIA said the timing and scale of the withdrawals raised suspicion that the funds may have been used to finance the violent mobilisation.
The first information report (FIR) states that investigators conducted financial profiling and counter-terror financing analysis of TLP leaders, alleged financiers, associates and related individuals, focusing on transactions connected to the violent mobilisation and Muridke incident.
The investigation covers financial transactions carried out between October 9 and 15, 2025.
According to the FIA’s Counter Terrorism Wing in Lahore, scrutiny of bank statements and other financial records revealed substantial activity involving personal accounts as well as accounts associated with religious institutions and madrassahs linked to Shah and his father, Syed Ziaul Haq Shah.
The agency said the financial activity increased significantly immediately before and during the period of the TLP protest.
Investigators reportedly gave Syed Inayatul Haq Shah and Syed Ziaul Haq Shah several opportunities to appear before the inquiry team and explain the source, purpose, authorisation and utilisation of the Rs13.4m in cash withdrawals and related fund movements.
The FIA said both individuals failed to appear and did not join the inquiry proceedings.
The agency is continuing its investigation into the alleged financing network and financial transactions linked to the TLP mobilisation.
