“My mother has been arrested on the directives of Khawaja Asif,” accuses her son Umar Dar
ISLAMABAD/SIALKOT: The police on Thursday briefly arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Rehana Dar — mother of Usman Dar — in Sialkot, confirmed her son.
The arrest comes as the Imran Khan-founded party had given a call for protest rallies to mark the Mary 9 mayhem anniversary.
Confirming the report of his mother’s brief detention, Umar alleged that the police took his mother and other PTI women supporters on the “directives of Defence Minister Khawaja Asif”.
“My mother gave a protest call for May 9,” Umar said, adding that the police had surrounded Jinnah House in Sialkot since morning.
The police, however, denied the reports of Rehana’s arrest. DPO Hassan Iqbal said: “Rehana Dar and Ruba Dar were not arrested. Both women leaders are at their home.”
This is not the first time that the Dar family hurled allegations at the defence minister. In December last year, Rehana claimed the Punjab police, on the behest of Asif, tortured and manhandled her at her residence in Sialkot.
She had alleged: “They [police] raided my house on Khawaja Asif’s orders. They tore my clothes, manhandled me, all to prevent me from participating in the [February 8 general] elections”.
‘I was treated like a terrorist’
Talking to journalists about the incident, Rehana said that she was treated like a terrorist when she came out of her home.
She was heading to attend a ceremony scheduled to be held at the Jinnah House, in connection with the killings of the PTI workers on May 9.
“Who were those who attacked my house? I seek an answer.”
The PTI leader said that she “is not afraid of detention”.
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