Overview
- Afridi’s letter to Maryam Nawaz alleges excessive security, sweeping detentions, sealed markets and rest-area closures during his Lahore trip, along with a defamatory online campaign linking him to narcotics.
- He asks for assurances to prevent a repeat of such actions and requests the letter be kept on record for potential legal and administrative use.
- Punjab’s Information Minister Azma Bokhari rejects the allegations, saying PTI leaders violated assembly rules and brought unauthorized individuals, including some with histories of violence.
- Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan says a committee probing clashes at the Assembly will forward its report to law enforcement for further action.
- The KP cabinet condemns Punjab’s conduct as undemocratic, while Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif criticizes KP leadership for behavior he says erodes inter-provincial respect.