Pakistan police raid ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party HQ
Al Jazeera
Officials from PTI, which the government says it wants to disband, are reported to have been detained.
Security forces have stormed the offices of the Pakistan Tehreek e-Insaf (PTI) party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The raid on Monday came a week after the government said it planned to disband the party, Pakistan’s largest opposition movement.
A police contingent sealed off the offices in Islamabad. Acting party Chairman Gohar Khan and Information Secretary Rauf Hasan were detained, according to a party spokesperson quoted by the Reuters news agency.
The PTI said Gohar Khan had since been released while a Pakistani police official told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency that Hasan remained in custody.
The latter’s arrest came days after he warned that party members were being rounded up. He said 10 had disappeared “with no trace” in the past two months.
