The lynching of Priyantha Kumara saw widespread outrage across Pakistan with politicians, scholars and civil society members calling for swift punishment to be meted out to the perpetrators.

Covering one's head in a gurdwara is considered a mark of respect for the revered place.

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan has been protesting against caricatures of the Prophet published in France.

UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the counter-terrorism department of Punjab province on Saturday.

The rally will be addressed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from London, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, PDM head Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here also convicted two other JuD leaders, including the brother-in-law of Saeed.

Shahbaz Sharif is Pakistan's opposition leader and president of the PLM-N.

The Indian and Pakistani prime ministers have condoled the loss of lives.

All the four accused, however, pleaded "not guilty" and chose to contest the trial.

The court sentenced Saeed to five and a half years and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 in each case.

Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department had registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his accomplices.

On December 24, 2018, an accountability court had sentenced Sharif to seven years in prison in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case.

Khan has issued directives to keep Maryam Nawaz with her father Sharif at a leading hospital here after the federal government faced criticism for shifting her back to jail.

The three-time former prime minister was shifted to the Services Hospital Lahore late on Monday night after his condition deteriorated.

Saeed, who has several cases pending against him was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore to appear before an anti-terrorism court when the arrest took place.