ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police on Monday arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat outside Parliament House in Islamabad.
The federal capital police said PTI leaders Omar Ayub Khan and Zartaj Gul Wazir would also be taken into custody.
Marwat resisted the arrest and asked the police to show arrest warrant.
Heavy contingents of police were deployed outside the parliament while all entry and exit routes to the Red Zone were also closed from D-Chowk, Nadra Chowk, Serena, and Marriott, except for Margala Road.
However, PTI MNA Ali Muhammad Khan was not taken into custody by the police when he departed from the parliament.
Marwat was arrested for violating regulations devised under a new law —Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Bill, 2024, sources told Geo News, adding that the PTI lawmaker was accused of clashing with police personnel a day earlier.
Alongside Omar and Zartaj, more PTI leaders including the party’s chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Hammad Azhar, Kanwal Shauzab, Naeem Haider Panjutha, Amir Mughal, and Khalid Khursheed would also be arrested, the sources said.
They added that Islamabad police were expected to launch a crackdown against the former ruling party’s Punjab leaders who attended yesterday’s power show.
It emerged that Islamabad police formally informed the Punjab top officials regarding the actions.
In a separate action, Shoaib Shaheen was also arrested from his residence.
More to follow…
