Lahore (Web Desk): Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday staged rallies in several cities against the arrest of party chief Imran Khan by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
As per the reports, the PTI workers took to the streets after the party leadership's call for nationwide protests against the arrest of party chief Imran Khan by Rangers personnel from the Islamabad Judicial Complex.
PTI workers held protests in several cities across the country, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar, and Mardan.
In Karachi, demonstrators clashed with the police near Nursery. They threw stones at and set fire to police vehicles, tore down street lights and damaged a bus. There were reports that police fired teargas shells at the protesters.
Police also fired teargas shells at protesters on Rawalpindi's Murree Road.
Senior party leader Fawad Chaudhry urged the people to come out of their homes as he termed the arrest "an attack" on the IHC.
In a statement, PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said a meeting of the central leadership and members of the emergency committee formed by the party chief has been convened to mull future course of action in view of the arrest.
The future course of action will be announced after assessing the situation, he added.
PTI leaders Ijaz Chaudhary, Azam Swati, Ali Amin, Saifullah Niazi, Murad Saeed and Qureshi are part of the emergency committee.
Meanwhile, Islamabad High Court (IHC) CJ Aamer Farooq took notice of the incident and summoned IG Islamabad, secretary interior, and the additional attorney general.
Moreover, Section 144 has been imposed in major cities including Islamabad, Rawalpindi Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar.
