{
  "id": 13027122,
  "title": "PTI KP lawmaker, doctors forum provincial president, general secretary ‘picked up’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/pti-kp-lawmaker-doctors-forum-provincial-president-general-secretary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T04:26:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035749/pti-kp-lawmaker-doctors-forum-provincial-president-general-secretary-picked-up"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PESHAWAR: The Peshawar president of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Irfan Saleem, announced on Thursday that the party's doctors' wing provincial president and general secretary had been abducted. Additionally, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly member Abdus Salam Afridi from the treasury was allegedly taken by masked men in Kuragh Chowk, Mardan, near his residence. Upon learning of the incident, party members, family, and friends rushed to the lawmaker's home. A PTI worker accompanying Afridi explained that they were on their way to offer prayers, but were intercepted by masked men in two vehicles, who seized him at gunpoint and took him away to an unknown location. Saleem stated that after prayers, the lawmaker intended to join a convoy of other PTI legislators and leaders heading to Islamabad for a protest march led by the chief minister. Adil Nawaz Khan, a PTI leader, criticized the federal government for involvement in such cowardly acts to intimidate and abduct PTI leaders, stating that they would not submit to the corrupt central government. He linked the kidnapping to the PTI's planned march in Islamabad. Saleem alleged that IDF provincial president Dr Nabi Jan was picked up near the hostel, where he was about to board an ambulance for the protest, and that IDF general secretary Dr Saad was also taken. Witnesses reported that uniformed personnel seized the IDF leaders and opened fire, leaving three people injured. Dr Zain, who was injured, was taken to Khyber Teaching Hospital for treatment. The PTI demanded a fair investigation and punishment of the perpetrators, emphasizing the need to protect doctors and medical staff. The doctors' associations condemned the kidnapping of IDF doctors, calling it a violation of international law and a deeply distressing act. They demanded the immediate release of the captured doctors and strict enforcement of the pending staff security act in hospitals.",
  "summary": "PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Peshawar’s president Irfan Saleem on Thursday claimed that the provincial president and general secretary of the party’s doctors’ wing had gone missing. Also, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly member from the treasury Abdus Salam Afridi was allegedly abducted by masked men in Kuragh Chowk in Mardan near his house. The PTI leaders, workers, other close relatives…",
  "key_points": [
    "PTI KP lawmaker Abdus Salam Afridi abducted in Kuragh Chowk, Mardan",
    "IDF provincial president Dr Nabi Jan and general secretary Dr Saad kidnapped",
    "PTI condemns kidnapping, demands investigation and release of abducted doctors"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The abductions mark an escalation of intimidation tactics against PTI leaders and medical staff, suggesting a heightened crackdown on dissent ahead of a planned protest march in Islamabad.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}