Pakistan Intensifies Crackdown on Imran Khan's PTI Party
Police raids result in the arrest of senior members as the government seeks to disband the opposition party.
- Authorities detained PTI's acting chairman and information secretary during a raid on the party headquarters.
- The crackdown follows court rulings favoring PTI, threatening the current government's majority.
- Government plans to file treason charges against Imran Khan and ban PTI, citing incitement of protests.
- Human Rights Commission of Pakistan criticized the move as harmful to democratic norms.
- Imran Khan remains imprisoned, facing multiple charges which he claims are politically motivated.