Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Salman Akram Raja was arrested in Lahore on Saturday during a protest against alleged rigging in elections.
Raja, a Senior Supreme Court Lawyer, was reportedly arrested when he reached the Jail Road office of the PTI in Lahore, amid slogans from party workers and supporters.
The PTI had called for nationwide protests on Saturday against alleged electoral rigging.
Moments ago, the police also arrested four protesters as part of the demonstration organized by the PTI in Lahore outside the party’s Jail Road office. As police sprang into action, the protesters reportedly dispersed.
Protests erupted across Pakistan, as supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party took to the streets, alleging widespread electoral fraud in the recently concluded general elections of 2024.
The PTI has said that its leader Advocate Salman Akram Raja, who contested the polls as an independent candidate backed by the party in Lahore’s NA-128 constituency, has been arrested in Lahore.
It termed the act “extremely shameful and disgusting”, calling for his immediate release.
The party also shared a video on its official X account of the Punjab police taking the lawyer into custody.
“They are arresting me unlawfully. I am with the public and we will continue to raise the righteous voice,” he told reporters while being whisked away by the police.
