Overview
- Afridi set a PTI public gathering at Minar-i-Pakistan for 6 p.m. Sunday during his three-day visit to Lahore.
- Police blocked access roads and erected pickets that prevented a planned Liberty Chowk address and restricted Afridi’s movements, including barring entry to a cantonment area.
- An FIR at Lahore’s Ghalib Market cited a road-blocking protest and led to 13 arrests under public nuisance sections, with police saying inquiries continue.
- PTI leaders claimed more than 1,000 workers were detained and vehicles stopped on routes into Lahore, figures not corroborated by official counts.
- Videos from the Punjab Assembly showed security personnel pushing and dragging members of Afridi’s entourage, including senior minister Meena Khan Afridi, as entry was limited to pre-approved lists.