After Imran Khan’s announcement of the long march, police raided the homes of PTI leaders and workers in different parts of Punjab, Karachi and Islamabad, including Lahore.
According to reports, dozens of PTI workers have been arrested during the police operation.
At the time of raid on the house of PTI leader Hamad Azhar in Garden Town Lahore, Yasmeen Rashid and other leaders were also present there. Dr. Yasmeen Rashid called a sit-in against the police action.
Late last night, raids were carried out on the houses of PTI leaders in other cities of Punjab and also in Islamabad.
In Karachi, Sindh police raided the homes of PTI MLAs Arsalan Taj, Bilal Ghaffar, Saeed Afridi and Shah Nawaz Jadoon.
Sindh Police arrested National Assembly member Saif-ur-Rehman Mehsud from Sohrab Goth.
PTI claims that 73 workers from Lahore alone have been detained so far. It has been decided to arrest PTI workers and leaders under 16 MPO and send them to jail.
