PTI’s Junaid Akbar, lawmakers detained during Gilgit-Baltistan poll campaign
PTI says police stopped the lawmakers over a permit dispute and took them to Gilgit as the party campaigned for the June 7 elections.
- On Friday, Gilgit-Baltistan Police detained Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Junaid Akbar and several lawmakers at a Hunza checkpoint while campaigning for upcoming general elections.
- Akbar stated local administration officials barred him for lacking a no-objection certificate , questioning, "Isn't Gilgit-Baltistan a part of Pakistan?"
- Condemning the detention as a "failed attempt to suppress political activities," PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram claimed the government fears the party's popularity and uses baseless excuses.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi warned he would personally travel to Gilgit-Baltistan if parliamentarians remain detained, describing the situation as "undemocratic and politically motivated."
- Former National Assembly opposition leader Omar Ayub alleged the detention proves the regime wants a bogus "selection" instead of free elections, though the party will continue contesting.
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PTI’s Junaid Akbar, lawmakers detained during Gilgit-Baltistan poll campaign
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PTI's Junaid Akbar, others expelled from GB, party condemns
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ISLAMABAD, MAY 29: PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter President Junaid Akbar along with other party leaders have been expelled from Gilgit-Baltistan, the region’s police officials said on Friday. The development came amid ongoing electioneering by different political parties in GB ahead of June 7 polls. Discover moreSports news coverageNews video archivesPakistan political newsGB police officials said they had taken Akbar and his six other associate…
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