PTI's Salman Akram Raja released after 4 fours of police detention
Party says that detentions reflected the 'authorities' disregard for political and religious norms'
PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja announced on Thursday that he had been released after being detained by Islamabad police. The PTI claimed that Raja, Latasob Satti, and several others were unlawfully abducted while on their way to Kotli Sattian to attend a PTI worker's funeral. They were subsequently transferred to Nilore police station in Islamabad, and Raja stated that he, Latasob, Ikhlaq Ahmad Satti, and their friends were released after being held in detention for four hours.
The PTI secretary general alleged that the only objective of the detention was to prevent them from attending the funeral. Latasob, a retired major, shared a photo on X of him and the other PTI leaders, stating that they had been released. PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan strongly condemned the alleged detention, claiming that about 700 workers have been arrested over the past few days and that arrest warrants have been issued against several MNAs and MPAs.
The Punjab government imposed a ban on gatherings across the province from September 13 to 17 and had already taken measures to counter the PTI's planned march to the capital.
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