{"id":33058,"date":"2023-12-08T17:56:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ptis-sher-marwat-accuses-kp-police-of-attempted-abduction-near-gulabad\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:56:05","slug":"ptis-sher-marwat-accuses-kp-police-of-attempted-abduction-near-gulabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ptis-sher-marwat-accuses-kp-police-of-attempted-abduction-near-gulabad\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI\u2019s Sher Marwat accuses KP Police of attempted abduction near Gulabad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PTI Senior Vice President (SVP) Sher Afzal Marwat on Friday accused the Dir police of attempting to \u201cabduct\u201d him near Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Gulabad area.<\/p>\n

\u201cI managed to escape the attempt of Dir police to abduct me, with the heavy duty 300 policemen trying to abduct me, while I was entering Gulabaad near Chakdara [on] my way for tomorrow\u2019s convention in Bajaur,\u201d he said in a statement on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

He added that PTI workers had blocked the road, making it possible for him to \u201cescape the abduction\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, Lower Dir police spokesperson Hashmat Khan said Marwat was not arrested but only questioned at a police checkpost at Chakdara before being allowed to leave.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the PTI claimed that Marwat was \u201ckidnapped\u201d from Chakdara while on his way to Bajaur for a party convention on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demand his immediate release, these pressure tactics cannot and won\u2019t work. Pre-poll rigging attempts must be immediately stopped,\u201d the party had said.<\/p>\n

A post from Marwat\u2019s social media team subsequently said he was \u201cshifted to a safe place\u201d and would definitely address the Bajaur convention.<\/p>\n

Marwat was appointed as a party SVP<\/a> last month. He was a member of the PTI for a long time, but he came to the limelight only after the former ruling par\u00adty found itself in crisis following the events of May 9, which for\u00adc\u00ad\u00aded the party\u2019s key leadership to ei\u00ad\u00adther to part ways with party chief Imran Khan, or go underground to avo\u00adid the heat. This provided an opportunity for lower-tier leaders of the party to rise within the ranks and take up key positions.<\/p>\n

He also became close to Imran after representing the PTI chief in most of the cases against him.<\/p>\n

Marwat represented the PTI chief in the Toshakhana case, where the court convicted the former premier for three years. His proximity to the PTI chairman only grew when he launched a tirade against trial court judge Humayun Dilawar during the proceedings of the Toshakhana trial, and he was subsequently inducted into the PTI core committee.<\/p>\n

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