Staff Report
Islamabad: PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday condemned the arrest of MNA and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir a day earlier, terming it “against democratic traditions”. Wazir was arrested by police in Peshawar on Wednesday in connection with a case registered against him and several other PTM leaders in Karachi after a recent public meeting.
Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Mohammad Ali Gandapur earlier said that Wazir had been arrested at the request of Sindh Police as a case had been registered against him at Sohrab Goth police station in Karachi.
The CCPO said the lawmaker would be shifted to Karachi after fulfilling legal requirements.
In the FIR, the PTM leaders have been accused of committing several offences, including hatching a criminal conspiracy and passing derogatory remarks against state institutions. Bilawal on Thursday criticised the arrest, saying “holding public meetings [is] no crime to arrest an elected representative”. Bilawal-led PPP is the ruling party in Sindh.
