Crackdown: PTI leaders across county to be arrested ahead of long march

Crackdown: PTI leaders across county to be arrested ahead of long march

*ISLAMABAD: Federal government has prepared a list of 700 PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders and activists who will be arrested by policefrom across the country ahead of a long march towards Islamabad announcedby former prime minister Imran Khan. *

According to sources, the list of 700 people included some prominent PTIleaders and activists and they will likely be arrested following decisionstaken during PML-N huddle in London.

“The list included names of 350 people from Punjab, 200 from KhyberPakhtunkhwa (KP), and 150 from Sindh province,” they said.

It is pertinent to mention here that Interior Minister Rana Sanaullahrecently threatened PTI leadership against restoring to violence duringtheir planned long march and said that Imran Khan will not be able togather even 20 people in Islamabad against the government’s will.

PML-N veteran & Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that the PTIclaims to gather 2 million people in their Azaadi March but they will notbe able to gather 20 thousand, or even 20 people, in Islamabad without thegovernment’s will.

The Interior Minister added that the policy regarding the PTI long marchwill be formed by the cabinet, he will only enforce that policy. It is notmy prerogative to be lenient or strict regarding the march, Rana Sanaullahadded.