PTI Leaders Arrested Amid Section 144 Protests
As per detail, the police officials stated that Mehar was arrested over violation of Section 144 and she is being taken to Makhdoom Rasheed police station.
Furthermore, other PTI leader including Mehar Dalair Khan and Zahid Hashmi was also arrested for the same violation.
It is important to mention here that PTI is all set to stage a power show in Swabi against the ‘rigged’ 8 February 2024 election in Pakistan.
The Punjab government earlier imposed section 144 across the province ahead of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest.
The Home Department Punjab issued a notification, prohibiting all kinds of political assemblies, gatherings, sit-ins, rallies, demonstrations, salsas, protests, and such like other activities across Punjab on February 08, 2025, Saturday.
PTI denied permission to hold public gatherings at Minar-e-Pakistan
According to a notification issued by the secretary home department, the decision was made in the backdrop of a political party’s protest and demonstration across Punjab.
“There is an apprehension that miscreants and mischief mongers can take advantage of the said protest to carry out subversive and anti-state activities to fulfill their nefarious designs”, it reads.
The committee recommended the imposition of restrictions under section 144 to ensure the security of the people, installations, and buildings against any potential terrorist or untoward activity, in the larger interest of public safety security, peace, and tranquillity.
It is to be noted here that the PTI had announced to hold a black day nationwide as well as a public gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan on February 8, to mark the first year of “fraud general elections” held in 2024.
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