PTI leaders Imran Ismail, Arif Alvi detained and later released by police

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Arif Alvi and Imran Ismail were stopped by Police as they attempted to reach Imran Khan's Bani Gala residence. The two leaders were whisked off in a private van by police officials, however they were released shortly after on the orders of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar.

The two PTI leaders upon release were told not to return towards Bani Gala in light of section 144 and were advised to return home.

Footage showed Alvi and Ismail trying to push through the police lines and at one point Dr. Alvi managed to break through but was stopped by an officer. 

The PTI leaders then decided to stage a protest along the road but both were placed under arrest by for violating Section-144 and were moved to an undisclosed location. 

Imran Ismail posts pictures on Twitter after arrest

Police detain PTI MPA

Police also detained PTI MPA from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Junaid Akbar.

The MPA was detained by police on Coring Road as he was trying to reach the residence of Imran Khan in Bani Gala.

Bani Gala has been blocked: Qureshi

PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the road leading to Bani Gala had been blocked. Qureshi questioned how Imran Khan would appear before the Supreme Court on November 1 if the road had been blocked.

“The orders of the court to not carry out arrests and not place containers are not being implemented,” Qureshi added.

The PTI leader asked if Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar had directed yesterday (Sunday) that containers would be removed, so who had placed them today.

Qureshi further said the party would file a petition in the Supreme Court on Tuesday against the Islamabad High Court orders according to which the PTI would only be allowed to hold a sit-in at a designated area. 

Imran alleges workers being abducted

Speaking to journalists in Bani Gala, PTI chairman Imran Khan alleged that his party workers were being kidnapped and not arrested.

“I demand that the Supreme Court take suo moto notice. These are abductions and not arrests. They are robbing people of their democratic rights,” Khan said.

Police arrest PTI workers across Punjab

Police began crackdown against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers on Sunday and arrested workers coming to Islamabad for the protest on Nov 2.

According to sources, the arrests are being carried out under 16 MPO (Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960).

The decision was taken under a meeting chaired by Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains, sources said.