Karachi (Web Desk): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Sindh governor Imran Ismail was arrested from Karachi on Friday.
The PTI, in a tweet from its official Twitter account, confirmed that the former Sindh governor Imran Ismail has been arrested.
The party termed the arrest to be “fascism”, adding that it was “completely unprecedented and shameful”.
Former Governor Sindh @ImranIsmailPTI has been arrested. Fascism of this regime is completely unprecedented and shameful!
— PTI (@PTIofficial) May 19, 2023
PTI leadership and thousands of peaceful Pakistanis must be released immediately.
According to police sources, the PTI leader had been shifted to Darakhshan Police Station.
The former Sindh governor was taken into custody under anti-terrorism cases registered against him in relation to May 9 violent riots.
An operation was launched against the PTI leaders and workers after violent protests by the party workers against the arrest of their chairman Imran Khan on May 9.