ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police on Monday took Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan and Information Secretary Raoof Hasan into custody in the federal capital, party leader Shibli Faraz said.
After confirming the arrest, the opposition party slammed the law enforcers and said they were disregarding the law.
“It’s absolutely shameful how Islamabad Police continues to completely mock and disregard every law in this country. Law of the jungle is reigning over Pakistan!” PTI said in a statement on X.
The PTI said police took computer and some other goods into custody as well from the party secretariat.
Rebutting the party’s claim, sources within the Islamabad Police said that the law enforcers have only detained, not arrested, Hasan. They said that Gohar had not been taken into custody.
A footage shared by the party on X shows numerous police vehicles and some police officials outside its secretariat.
Police sources also denied the report of arrest of four women as well as confiscation of laptop and documents from the office.
Condemning the raid at the former ruling party’s central secretariat, PTI leader Khurrum Sher Zaman claimed the arrest was made on instructions of the “Form-47 government”.
“We’ve been informed that they’ve locked staff in a room & waiting for prison van to arrive & have taken computers & important documents,” he wrote on X.
Meanwhile, the PTI held a demonstration in Lahore, demanding the authorities to release its leaders and workers. PTI lawyers wing and other supporters participated in the protest, led by Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Malik Ahmad Khan Bhacher, in droves.
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