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Over 50 PTI Workers Booked Over KP Protest
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News18•16-10-2026, 22:53
Over 50 PTI Workers Booked Over KP Protest
- •A case has been registered against more than 50 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers and assembly members following protests in Bara against Governor's Rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- •National Assembly member Iqbal Afridi and Provincial Assembly member Abdul Ghani Afridi are among those named in the case, with police invoking the Anti-Terrorism Act.
- •The Insaf Students Federation held a separate demonstration at Azam Warsak Bazaar, burning tyres and demanding the release of detained party leaders including MNA Zubair Wazir.
- •Protesters vowed to continue their peaceful and democratic movement to demand the rights of party workers and the withdrawal of emergency measures.
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A case was registered against more than 50 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and assembly members following protests in Bara against the federal government's imposition of emergency and Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
National Assembly member Iqbal Afridi and Provincial Assembly member Abdul Ghani Afridi were specifically named in the case, alongside provisions invoked under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
PTI’s student wing, the ISF, held a demonstration led by district president Nazir Ahmad where protesters burned tyres on the main road and demanded the immediate release of arrested PTI MNA Zubair Wazir and other detained leaders.
