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Several top PTI leaders were taken into custody from outside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi as they went there to meet their incarcerated founder, Imran Khan, the party said on Tuesday.
“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,” the PTI said in a post on X.
“This should alarm anyone who values the rule of law, as it shows how basic freedoms are being trampled upon,” it added.
Those the PTI said were arrested included Omar Ayub Khan and Shibli Faraz, opposition leaders in the National Assembly and Senate, respectively.
Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Malik Ahmed Bhachar and ally Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) MNA Sahibzada Hamid Raza were also among those arrested, it said.
A video shared by the PTI showed Ayub being seated in the backseat of a white Toyota Corolla vehicle amid high security, while Raza was also being pulled away by uniformed personnel. A police van could also be seen parked on the road’s opposite side.
In another post on X, the PTI said the arrests highlighted the “PML-N government’s blatant misuse of power”, saying it was aimed at “silencing PTI leaders and anyone standing with Imran Khan”.
Calling it an “assault on political freedoms”, the party called on the public to “peacefully protest”.
A post on Qaiser’s X account said former MNA Aliya Hamza Malik was also among those taken into custody. It claimed that the party leaders were “being arrested after being forced out of their vehicles”.
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