ISLAMABAD: PTI senior leader and former interior minister Shehryar Afridi was arrested along with wife by the authorities from Islamabad under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order, police said Tuesday. Police said Afridi was arrested from Sector F 8 in Islamabad.
Taking to its Twitter handle, the PTI wrote: “Ex-interior minister Shehryar Afridi has been picked up this time, not alone but along with his wife who has no political affiliation. This is happening under the current fascist regime.”
The police also arrested senior leader of PTI (Khyber Landi Kotal Chapter) Haji Zarbullah Shinwari alias Haji Baba and Landi Kotal Bazar Trade Union President Jafar Shinwari under Section 3 of the MPO.
Yesterday, police also arrested PTI leader and former provincial minister Fayazul Hasan Chohan from Rawalpindi.
Police are working day and night to arrest the miscreants involved in the incidents of vandalism, violence, and arson attacks on public and private institutions throughout the country.
Arrests are being made by tracing and identifying the miscreants with the help of available footage and CCTV recordings of the incident.