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The PTI on Sunday accused police of arresting several party workers in Karachi ahead of a convention at the residence of a party leader in Karachi\u2019s Safoora Goth area, a claim which the police denied.<\/p>\n
The party posted a video on X (previously Twitter), showing policemen forcibly entering Mahesar House \u2014 the residence of a party leader \u2014 and detaining an unidentified individual. The party labelled the police action a \u201craid\u201d.<\/p>\n
Subsequently, PTI\u2019s Sher Afzal Marwat \u2014 who had addressed a PTI rally at Seaview earlier today \u2014 urged party supporters to gather at Al Asif Square ahead of the convention.<\/p>\n
He alleged that police had surrounded Mahesar House and arrested around 25 workers from outside the residence. \u201cI urge all workers to reach Mahesar House, and if we gather in significant numbers, the police won\u2019t be able to resist us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He stated that the PTI did not require any permission to hold a convention on a private property. \u201cI need your help, so I urge you to come here,\u201d he appealed to party members.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, PTI Karachi spokesperson Falak Almas told Dawn.com<\/em> that the party\u2019s central leader, Marwat, was scheduled to address a workers\u2019 convention Mahesar House, which she said was the residence of PTI Karachi\u2019s general secretary Advocate Rehman Mahesar.<\/p>\n Almas asserted that the police, who were already stationed there, had detained numerous workers, preventing them from reaching the venue. She alleged that the police were awaiting Marwat\u2019s arrival to apprehend him.<\/p>\n However, East Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Syed Irfan Bahadur denied that any PTI worker was arrested and refuted claims about police intending to arrest Marwat.<\/p>\n Asked whether police also took any action against the party\u2019s rally at Seaview, South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Syed Asad Raza told Dawn.com<\/em> that law enforcers did not create any restrictions or obstacles.<\/p>\n \u201cThe police permitted them to exercise their freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, allowing them to gather in a peaceful and democratic manner. The rally took place, and participants dispersed peacefully,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The PTI on Sunday accused police of arresting several party workers in Karachi ahead of a convention at the residence of a party leader in Karachi\u2019s Safoora Goth area, a claim which the police denied. The party posted a video on X (previously Twitter), showing policemen forcibly entering Mahesar House \u2014 the residence of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/14225417555a0ca.png?r=231237","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t