Pakistan’s junior interior minister told Reuters that Sohail Afridi and some cabinet members were taken into preventive custody after their provincial government was suspended under emergency rule. He said the detentions occurred on Sunday; the report was published on 12 October.
Pakistani authorities detained Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and several cabinet members after the provincial government was suspended under emergency rule. Junior Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry said those facing legal cases would be charged and tried, while others would be released. The move has intensified political tensions between the federal government and former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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