Karachi police arrest PTI MPA Arsalan Taj

Karachi police arrest PTI MPA Arsalan Taj

Pakistan

Police also raided the residential property of Sindh MPA Raja Azhar at dawn

KARACHI (Dunya News) - The Karachi police on Sunday arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA and the general secretary of PTI Karachi chapter Arsalan Taj.

According to a PTI spokesperson, Taj was taken into custody by plainclothes officials from his Gulshan Iqbal residence.

Police also raided the residential property of Sindh MPA Raja Azhar at dawn and reportedly harassed his family. The spokesperson further said Azhar was not present at the house at the time the Karachi police raided his house. 

-- PTI demands release --

The PTI took to Twitter to share a video of the MPA being taken by the police.

"PPP has repeatedly showed their true colours, will the media now speak up!?" the party wrote on the microblogging site.
 

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