{
  "id": 7384817,
  "title": "CM Afridi accuses Punjab govt of political victimisation and manhandling at worker's residence in Lahore",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/cm-afridi-accuses-punjab-govt-of-political-victimisation-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T11:32:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Express Tribune - Pakistan",
    "slug": "the-express-tribune-pakistan",
    "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2629281/cm-afridi-accuses-punjab-govt-of-political-victimisation-and-manhandling-at-workers-residence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi accused the Punjab government and police of political victimization and brutality after visiting Lahore to mourn the death of slain PTI activist Ishtiaq Ahmad. Afridi, along with PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and opposition leader Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar, encountered barricades and heavy police presence near the victim's residence. He alleged that Punjab authorities attempted to abduct him and dumped him on the street, emphasizing that such an attempt against a provincial chief minister was intolerable. Afridi urged workers to remain peaceful, stating that the situation was orchestrated by the Punjab government to incite chaos. PTI strongly condemned the incident, calling it shameful and reprehensible conduct by the Punjab Police, while also criticizing the incident as a violation of democratic representatives' mandate and humiliating democratic principles.",
  "summary": "PTI condemns the incident, calling it 'the shameful and reprehensible conduct of the Punjab Police'",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}