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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.
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