LAHORE – Police have arrested PTI leader Salman Akram Raja in Punjab capital city of Lahore as his party is holding protest against alleged rigging in Feb 8 general elections.
In a brief media talk before his arrested, Raja, who contested elections from NA-128 Lahore, said that he was being arrested illegally. He said public had defied the fear and came here to join the protest.
Raja was arrested from the party office located at the Jail Road where a large number of workers have gathered to start the protest against the alleged rigging in the elections.
“I am with the people of Pakistan”
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Salman Akram Raja’s statement before his unlawful arrest by police: pic.twitter.com/HJqAWDT1og
— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 17, 2024
Imran Khan’s party has announced holding protest outside the Lahore Press Club against what it calls the massive and unprecedented rigging in general elections 2024.
A day earlier, the embattled party had made the announcement in a social media post on X, saying the peaceful protests will be staged at 12 noon across the country.
It further claimed that it won 180 National Assembly seats in the Feb 8 polls but its two-thirds majority in Parliament has been cut down to half.
Separately, PTI held a press conference, for national and international media, where they present original, signed Forms 45 as proof of extensive “electoral fraud” in compilation of the results of General Elections 2024.
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