ISLAMABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) was given three-day physical remand of 11 workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), who were arrested on Friday, police said.

The workers were arrested in connection with an FIR registered against them with Banigala police station under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, along with sections 382, 341, 353, 186, 188, 427, 148, 149 and 149.

The police produced them in the court of a magistrate to obtain their remand and in response they were given into police custody for three days for interrogation.

According to the FIR, 30 to 35 people led by PTI leaders Shoaib Shaheen, Amir Mughal and Alamgir Khan appeared on Bahria Enclave Road.

The police intercepted them and informed them that Section 144 had been imposed in the capital, but they blocked the road from both sides, it added.

Many participants of the rally were armed and put up resistance against the police, the FIR said, adding that the leadership provoked the participants to attack the police which they did.

They tore the uniforms of two constables and snatched a wireless set from an ASI and a private 9mm pistol from an SI, the FIR said, adding that they also pelted the police vehicle with stones and hit it with batons.

As the situation deteriorated, an Anti-Riot Unit reached the spot, but the PTI leaders and workers managed to escape from the spot, the FIR said, adding that the police arrested 11 workers and recovered PTI flags and batons from them.

Published in Dawn, June 23rd, 2024