Pakistan police raid former prime minister’s party office, arrest spokesperson

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Pakistan Police Raid Former Prime Minister’s Party Office, Arrest Spokesperson
Imran Khan has been embroiled in more than 150 cases since 2022 when he was ousted through a vote of no-confidence in the parliament. Photo: PA Images
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Police in Pakistan raided the imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan’s political party office in Islamabad and arrested its spokesperson for carrying out anti-state propaganda, the Interior Ministry said.

In a statement, the ministry said officers also arrested Ahmad Janjua, a media coordinator for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI party.

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Mr Janjua was arrested over the weekend in a separate raid.

The arrests have drawn criticism from Gohar Ali Khan, the chair of PTI, who said authorities also arrested some other workers of the party’s media wing, in a series of police raids in recent weeks.

Pakistani authorities often accuse the PTI of running a campaign against the country’s institutions, a reference to the military, a charge the party denies.

Khan has been embroiled in more than 150 cases since 2022, when he was ousted through a vote of no-confidence in the parliament.

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He has been held at a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi since last year after his arrest.

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