Pakistan cleric arrested over video threatening Malala Yousafzai

Pakistan cleric arrested over video threatening Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been threatened (Joe Giddens/PA)

Pakistani police have arrested a cleric after a video of him went viral on social media, in which he threatens Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai over her recent comments about marriage.

Mufti Sardar Ali Haqqani was arrested in Lakki Marwat, a district in the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Wednesday, said Waseem Sajjad, a local police chief.

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