Pakistani police have arrested hundreds of workers from the party of defiant ex-premier Imran Khan in a crackdown that is seen as a blatant attempt to thwart their planned protest aimed at toppling the new government. "(The police) raided the houses of over 1,100 party workers and leaders after midnight," Fawad Chaudhry, Khan's close aide and former information minister, said.
Chaudhry said that the crackdown was still going on and that party's senior leadership was "safe." More than 400 workers and leaders have been arrested, he said. Social media is flooded with videos showing policemen entering Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI) workers' homes and allegedly harassing their family members. A policeman was killed in the eastern city of Lahore during one such raid at the residence of a PTI leader. - dpa
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