Shireen Mazari, Yasmin Rashid arrested by police

ISLAMABAD\LAHORE: Police have arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders including senior vice president Shireen Mazari and PTI Central Punjab President, Yasmin Rashid in the wee hours of Friday, ARY News reported, quoting sources. 

Crackdown against PTI senior leadership and workers continues across the country after violent protests from Tuesday.

According to sources, the police raided the house of the former federal minister located in E/7 area of the federal capital and arrested Shireen Mazari. The PTI leader has been shifted to Abpara police station.

Iman Mazari, Shireen Mazari’s daughter, in a message on Twitter, claimed that around 50 policemen raided their house and arrested her mother.

Iman also claimed that the doors of their house were broken by the policemen.

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Meanwhile, Yasmin Rashid was also taken into custody by police party from Lahore, confirmed the PTI official Twitter handle.

Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and former deputy speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Suri was arrested from  Islamabad.

According to Islamabad police spokesperson, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Jamsheed Iqbal Cheema, Musarrat Cheema, Falak Naz Chitrali and Malika Bukhari have been arrested for ‘provoking’ people for violent protests.