PTI vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrested in Islamabad

PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi was arrested from the federal capital’s Red Zone on Wednesday, a day after party chief Imran Khan was arrested from Islamabad as well, according to News.

The arrest comes just hours after PTI General Secretary Asad Umar was detained outside the Islamabad High Court.

He was apprehended by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Islamabad police, though it is unclear in which case.

Following Imran Khan’s arrest, Qureshi is the fourth PTI leader to be detained.

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Previously, the party claimed that former Punjab governor Omer Cheema had been “abducted.”

The Sindh Police arrested PTI’s Ali Zaidi on Tuesday night. Zaidi, the president of the party’s Sindh chapter, was reportedly arrested in Karachi while leading a protest against Imran’s arrest in Kalapul.

As PTI-led protests across Pakistan intensify, the Ministry of Interior has authorised the deployment of the Pakistan Army in Punjab to maintain law and order.

To quell the unrest, the government has also blocked social media and mobile broadband.