PTI’s social media team member Arshad Siddiqui has gone missing from Karachi, the party confirmed on Monday.
As per details, PTI’s leader Ali Zaidi said that Arshad Siddiqui left his house for his workplace in the morning and there is no contact with him since then.
In a tweet, Ali Zaidi wrote: “Our Social media team member from Karachi Arshad Sidiqi has gone missing. This morning he left his house for his workplace and there is no contact with him since then. Smells like another case of abduction on PTI activists.”
Our Social media team member from Karachi @ArshadSidiqi has gone missing.
This morning he left his house for his workplace & there is no contact with him since then.
Smells like another case of abduction on PTI activists. pic.twitter.com/Dq78cudbDH— Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) March 26, 2023
PTI leader Raja Azhar and others reached the Baloch Colony’s police station to file the First Information Report (FIR) about the disappearance of Siddiqui.
He said that the police were not cooperating on the disappearance of Arshad Siddiqui, his brother came to the police station with a missing application, but the staff refused to lodge the FIR.
پی ٹی آئی سوشل میڈیا ایکٹوسٹ ارشد صدیقی کی گمشدگی تشویشناک ہے،ارشد کی گمشدگی کے پیچھے اگر امپورٹڈ سرکار کا ہاتھ ہےتو انہیں مہنگا پڑےگا،پی ٹی آئی کی سوشل میڈیا ٹیم کو انتقامی کارروائیوں کا نشانہ بنانا کسی صورت قبول نہیں کیا جائےگا. pic.twitter.com/dVe0QdNjdp
— Khurrum Sher Zaman ???????? (@KhurumSherZaman) March 26, 2023
Meanwhile, Khurram Sher Zaman wrote: “The disappearance of PTI social media activist Arshad Siddiqui is worrisome, if the imported government is behind Arshad’s disappearance, then it will cost them dearly.”
Fascism against PTI SMT by this fascist regime:
Azhar Mashwani: Focal person to IK- missing since 4 days
Arshad Siddiqui: Sindh Op Lead missing since noon
Ikram Khatana: KP Lead – house raided
Bilal: KP OP lead – House Raided, brother & father arrested!#PakistanUnderFascism— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 26, 2023
Moreover, PTI posted details of recent abductions with a caption: “Fascism against PTI SMT (social media team) by this fascist regime.”
Meanwhile, the houses of PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa social media team lead Ikram Khatana and head of operations Bilal Ahmad Khan were also raided. Since Bilal Ahmad Khan was not present at home, his father and younger brother were abducted.
The crackdown on PTI’s social media team comes days after one of the party’s most vocal social media activists Azhar Mashwani was picked up on Thursday, apparently on charges of criticizing the Punjab police and the caretaker government for allegedly using high-handed tactics against party workers.
