KARACHI
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi General Secretary and Sindh MPA Arslan Taj was arrested on Sunday by the police.
\nAccording to a PTI Karachi spokesperson, Arslan Taj was arrested \u201cillegally\u201d from his residence today.
\nHe said that three police vehicles arrived at the MPA\u2019s house and that police officers were in plain clothes when they entered the house and ransacked it.
\nThe spokesperson condemned the PTI leader\u2019s arrest, but there has been no response from the Sindh government and police.
\nFollowing the incident, PTI Karachi President Aftab Siddiq and Additional Secretary General Imran Ismail immediately wrote a letter to Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput condemning the arrest.
\nThe letter stated that the Sindh police is acting as the provincial government\u2019s \u201cprivate militia and domestic servant\u201d.
\nIt added that by arresting the PTI Karachi leader, they blatantly violated various fundamental rights, rules and sections of the constitution.
\nThe letter demanded \u201cstern action\u201d against the Sindh police, \u201cespecially those involved in the abduction of MPA Arsalan Taj\u201d and requested his immediate release.
\n\u201cToday, our brother has been picked up from his house,\u201d Ismail said speaking to the media.
\nHe questioned where the MPA was taken and what he had done to be punished in this way, adding that his family is stricken with fear.
\nParty\u2019s official Twitter account shared a video of the arrest, calling out the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for \u201crepeatedly showing their true colours\u201d.
\n\u201cBilawal and Zardari should be ashamed of themselves for this gross act of fascism,\u201d it tweeted, urging the media to \u201cspeak up\u201d against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi General Secretary and Sindh MPA Arslan Taj was arrested on Sunday by the police. According to a PTI Karachi spokesperson, Arslan Taj was arrested \u201cillegally\u201d from his residence today. He said that three police vehicles arrived at the MPA\u2019s house and that police officers were in plain clothes when they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-319085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n