Two senior leaders from Imran Khan's party arrested
The Hindu
Two senior leaders of Imran Khan’s party were arrested on May 12 as the Pakistan government launched a crackdown on the Opposition party amidst the worsening political turmoil in the country following the former Prime Minister’s arrest in a corruption case. Shireen Mazari, a former Federal Minister for Human Rights, was arrested from her house.
Two senior leaders of Imran Khan's party were arrested on May 12 as the Pakistan government launched a crackdown on the Opposition party amidst the worsening political turmoil in the country following the former Prime Minister's arrest in a corruption case. Shireen Mazari, a former Federal Minister for Human Rights, was arrested from her house.
Imaan Hazir-Mazari, daughter of Ms. Mazari and a lawyer, shared a video on Twitter that appeared to show plainclothes men forcefully entering her home to arrest the former Minister.
Later, another video emerged on Twitter showing female officers taking the former Minister away from her residence. As she was escorted to a police vehicle, Ms. Mazari raised a victory sign, saying “victory for democracy”, while condemning “state terrorism” as unacceptable.
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Shortly before posting the video, Ms. Mazari’s daughter had tweeted that approximately 50 cops carrying firearms had entered her residence.
“Our SVP Dr Shireen Mazari is being abducted at this precise moment. Police have also entered with guns her home, reaching a new low. Extremely shameful!” the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wrote on Twitter.
Her arrest comes after a series of arrests of several other PTI leaders, including Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Ali Mohammad Khan, and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry.
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