LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and senior lawyer Salman Akram Raja was on Saturday arrested in Lahore during protest against alleged rigging in election 2024.

As per details, Salman Akram Raja was arrested from outside Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Jail Road office in Lahore. Earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) withdrawn the victory notification for the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party’s candidate Awn Chaudhry against Salman Akram Raja following the February 8 general elections.

According to ECP results, Chaudhry secured 172,576 votes while Barrister Raja received 159,024 votes in the constituency, but the victory notification of Awn Chaudhry was challenged by PTI-backed independent candidate Salman Akram Raja.

Yesterday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) called for nationwide demonstrations tomorrow (Saturday) to protest what it calls “brazen rigging” of February 8 general election.

Speaking to journalists after meeting Jamat-e-Islami (JI) leadership in Islamabad, PTI leader Asad Qaiser invited different political parties that believed that there was “rigging” in the elections to join the protest.

“The meeting was held under one-point agenda; the nation’s mandate was stolen in the elections 2024,” he said, adding that it was agreed to unite the voice against the “brazen rigging”.