Pakistan Information: Prime leaders of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s occasion, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have been arrested by police on Monday, September 9, from outdoors Parliament Home following a Nationwide Meeting session.
Talking on the arrests, police spokesperson Jawad Taqi stated that PTI occasion leaders Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Sher Afzal Khan Marwat, and Advocate Shoaib Shaheen have been arrested by Islamabad police, as quoted by Daybreak.
In accordance with studies, Marwat was the primary to be taken into custody. Referring to his arrest, the PTI stated in a submit on X that the “PMLN authorities ought to be utterly ashamed of this step in opposition to a sitting MNA.” “This should be thought of a direct assault on democracy.”
The occasion accused the capital police of finishing up “unlawful orders” and referred to as on the inspector normal (IG) of police, Islamabad, to “cease this act”.
Marwat was arrested for violating rules devised below a brand new regulation —Peaceable Meeting and Public Order Invoice, 2024, sources advised Geo Information. The sources additional said that the PTI lawmaker was accused of clashing with police personnel a day earlier.
In one other submit on X, PTI condemned the “unlawful” arrest of occasion chairman Barrister Gohar. “It is a second of disgrace for your complete parliament, as this should be thought of a direct assault on the remaining democracy in Pakistan. “Speaker NA ought to be ashamed for permitting such disrespect of parliament. Pakistan has descended additional into the undeclared Martial Legislation,” the submit stated.
A submit on X from Marwat’s account learn, “The state has as soon as once more proved how afraid it’s of (Imran) Khan and his troopers!” “Do not forget that the particular person they’re dragging this badly isn’t a terrorist or assassin. His solely sin is that he considers Imran Khan his mentor, raises his voice for the poor, raises his voice for Pakistan, talks in regards to the supremacy of democracy, the liberty of Pakistanis, and the rule of regulation!” Omar Ayub Khan, the chief of the opposition, condemned the arrests and alleged that Islamabad Police had fashioned groups to arrest him, PTI chief Zartaj Gul Wazir, and “different colleagues”.
“This fascist regime and its backers have gone utterly mad,” Omar wrote in a submit on X. “Simply discovered that they’ve included my identify together with Zartaj Gul sahiba and different colleagues in 2 further FIRs. Islamabad Police groups have been made for our arrests.” He added that different PTI lawmakers have been nonetheless inside Parliament Home, unable to depart because of the presence of police.
“Our solely crime is that we now have dared to problem the established order and raised our voice for our beloved chief, PM Imran Khan sahib. We are going to proceed doing so,” he added.
Imran Khan, 71, faces a slew of authorized circumstances and has been in jail for almost a yr after being sentenced in a graft case.
The previous cricketer-turned-politician was arrested on August 5 final yr after his conviction within the first Toshakhana corruption case filed by the Election Fee of Pakistan. Since then, he has been in jail in numerous circumstances.
The arrests drew flak from PTI. Chief of the Imran Khan-led occasion Zulfi Bukhari strongly condemned the arrests, demanding leaders be launched instantly. “Over a yr now, and they’re nonetheless utilizing the identical ways which have failed time and again,” he stated in a press release on X.
“These unlawful arrests received’t change something. Solely improve the general public’s anger and hate in direction of this puppet authorities and backers.” Alongside Omar and Zartaj, extra PTI leaders, together with Hammad Azhar, Kanwal Shauzab, Naeem Haider Panjutha, Amir Mughal, and Khalid Khursheed, are additionally prone to be arrested.
(With PTI Inputs)
