Police on Monday arrested PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and spokesperson Rauf Hassan from Islamabad.Â
The arrests were made at the party secretariat in sector G-8. A heavy contingent of police has arrived at the secretariat and has surrounded it. Women police officers are also in the contingent. The police also seized records from the PTI secretaria
Details of the charges against the detained PTI leaders have not yet been disclosed. Authorities have also not commented on the specifics of the raid or the evidence leading to the arrests.
Meanwhile, the PTI condemned the arrests, labeling them as politically motivated. The opposition party slammed the law enforcers and said they were disregarding the law.
“It’s shameful how Islamabad police continue to completely mock and disregard every law in this country. Law of the jungle is reigning over Pakistan!” PTI said in a statement on the X platform.
A journalist who recorded a video of the raid had his phone confiscated by the police.
