PTI candidates among 50 rounded up
Imran Khan's supporters shout slogans against his arrest during a rally in Quetta. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
A case has been registered against more than 50 people, including the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidates and officials, for delivering speeches against state institutions during rallies in connection with the upcoming general elections on Feb 8.
According to the FIR, the accused were making provocative and anti-institutional speeches on the streets. “The accused raised slogans against the heads of the institutions and also violated the Sound System Act.”
PTI's National Assembly candidate Ayesha Nazir Jutt and Provincial Assembly candidates Khalid Nisar Dogar and Arifa Nazir Jutt are also named in the case filed by SHO Police Station City Khalid Gujjar.