PESHAWAR: Eight senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders are in police protective custody following the imposition of emergency and Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police officials said.
Former provincial chief minister Sohail Afridi is among those in custody. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati and PTI provincial president Junaid Akbar are also among the eight leaders, the officials said.
The identities of all eight leaders and the circumstances surrounding their custody were not immediately available in the report.
Police officials described the leaders as being in “protective custody.” Further details about the legal basis for their detention, their current whereabouts and whether they are free to leave were not provided.
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Earlier, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry told Reuters that Sohail Afridi and some members of his cabinet had been placed in preventive custody. He said legal action would be taken against those facing cases, while the remaining individuals would be released.
