RAHIM YAR KHAN: Four PTI MPAs and dozens of party workers in central and south Punjab were booked on Saturday for holding a rally the other day.

In Rahim Yar Khan, cases were registered against four MPAs and more than 100 workers.

A first information reports (FIR) was registered against the PTI MPA from PP-260 Saima Kanwal with the Rukanpur Police Station, MPA from PP-261 Jam Amanullah and MPA from PP-263 Chaudhry Naeem Shafiq were booked by Kot Samaba police while City C Division police registered a case against MPA from PP-262 Chaudhry Asif Majeed.

The allegations against the PTI leaders and workers included holding rallies without permission, interference in the state matters, blocking the roads, issuing threats and chanting slogans against the state institutions and parliamentarians.

The sections of the Punjab Sound System (Regulation) Act 2015-16 were also added to the cases. However, police did not arrest any PTI leader or worker.

TOBA TEK SINGH: Gojra City police registered a case against two dozen PTI workers on charge of exhibiting weapons and blocking traffic by taking out a rally in Sarafa Bazaar of Gojra city.

According to the FIR, the PTI workers Khalifa Kashif Mahmood, Mahfooz Aslam Dhillon, Azhar Abbas, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Arsalan, Mian Khurram, Muhammad Irfan and Muhammad Javed and 14 others held a rally, blocked the traffic and exhibited arms.

BAHAWALPUR: Multan police arrested two PTI activists, Aamir Awan and Babar, who had joined the PTI rally last night to demand the release of PTI founder Imran Khan.

According to police sources, Aamir Awan led the rally and he was arrested by the Jalilabad Police Station area. Babar went to the police station for his release and he was also detained. PTI leaders condemned the arrest of workers and demanded their release.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2024