Police detains ex-interior minister Shehryar in Islamabad

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: PTI senior leader and former interior minister Shehryar Afridi has been arrested by the authorities from Islamabad under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order, on Tuesday.

Police said Afridi was arrested from Sector F 8 in Islamabad.

Taking to its Twitter handle, the PTI wrote: “Ex-interior minister Shehryar Afridi has been picked up this time, not alone but along with his wife who has no political affiliation. This is happening under the current fascist regime.”

The police also arrested senior leader of PTI (Khyber Landi Kotal Chapter) Haji Zarbullah Shinwari alias Haji Baba and Landi Kotal Bazar Trade Union President Jafar Shinwari under Section 3 of the MPO.

Both the PTI Landi Kotal leaders are being shifted to the Peshawar Central Jail.