ISLAMABAD: Judicial magistrate in Islamabad on Wednesday sent 23 activists of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) to Adiala Jail a day after they attended a protest outside Islamabad’s National Press Club against PTM chief Manzoor Pashteen’s arrest.
Earlier Islamabad police had arrested PTM leader and MNA Mohsin Dawar and 28 others from outside the press club where they had gathered to stage a protest against the arrest of Pashteen.
The PTM chief Manzoor Pashteen was arrested from Peshawar on Monday and shifted to Dera Ismail Khan in a sedition case pertaining to a speech he made in DI Khan on January 18.
Following yesterday’s protest, a case was registered against 23 individuals by the Kohsar Police Station on various charges including sedition.
Mohsin Dawar, a PTM lawmaker who was also arrested but then released before being charged. Dawar was not included in the first information report (FIR).
As per the FIR, the protesters had been informed that Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was imposed in the Islamabad territory as a result of which five or more than five people are not allowed to gather.
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