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RAWALPINDI: Punjab Police arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders outside the Adiala Jail, who went to the facility to meet party founder Imran Khan — who has been imprisoned for a year — on Tuesday.
The arrested leaders include the Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, Ahmed Bhachar, SIC Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza, and others.
According to the details, Aliya Hamza Malik was also there to meet the former prime minister, however, she escaped the arrest as she was standing at a distance from the other leaders.
According to the police, the top politicians had been arrested for violating Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which was imposed earlier this week in Rawalpindi.
The former ruling party, in a statement, said Omar Ayub Khan, Shibli Faraz, Asad Qaiser, Ahmed Bhachar, and Sahibzada Hamid Raza have been arrested outside Adiala Jail for “simply exercising their right to meet with Imran Khan, as permitted by law.”
Absolutely shameful! Omar Ayub Khan, Shibli Faraz, Asad Qaiser, Ahmed Bhachar, Sahibzada Hamid Raza have been arrested outside Adiala Jail , for simply exercising their right to meet with Imran Khan, as permitted by law.
This should alarm anyone who values the rule of law, as it… pic.twitter.com/Iv3DpHxj07
— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 12, 2024
The party said, “These arrests should alarm anyone who values the rule of law, as it shows how basic freedoms are being trampled upon.”
PTI spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram, in its statement, said that party leaders as per the schedule were present at the Adiala Jail to meet founding party chairman Imran Khan.
“All the leadership was made to wait till 3 pm and were not allowed to meet Khan. When the party leaders decided to leave the facility, they were apprehended from their vehicles,” he said.
Furthermore, Sheikh Waqas Akram wrote, “The opposition Leader of the Senate, the Opposition Leader of the National Assembly, the Opposition Leader of the Punjab Assembly, and the Chairman of Sunni Ittehad Council were dragged from their vehicles and arrested.”
Strongly condemning the “fascism”, the party’s Information Secretary demanded the immediate release of all central leadership.
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