Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday claimed that its Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and several other party workers were detained while travelling to Kotli Sattian to attend the funeral prayers of PTI worker Ijaz Satti.
"PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, MNA-elect from Murree-Kotli Sattian, Latasub Satti and others were allegedly abducted and taken to Nilore Police Station in Islamabad while travelling to Kotli Sattian to attend the funeral prayers of PTI worker Ijaz Satti, said PTI in a statement on X.
The PTI alleged that the detentions were intended to prevent party workers and supporters from attending Satti’s funeral.
“First our worker was martyred, and now people are being abducted and arrested to stop them from attending his funeral,” the statement said.
The party further alleged that the detentions reflected the authorities’ disregard for political and religious norms.
“The mafia imposed on the country is not only devoid of morality, but, intoxicated by power, has also forgotten all the principles of Islam,” it said.
تحریک انصاف کے ورکر اعجاز ستی شہید کے نماز جنازہ میں شرکت کے لیے کوٹلی ستیاں جاتے ہوئے تحریک انصاف کے سیکرٹری جنرل سلمان اکرم راجہ، مری – کوٹلی ستیاں سے حقیقی MNA لطاسب ستی اور دیگر کو غیرقانونی طور پر اغوا کر کے تھانہ نیلور اسلام آباد میں منتقل کر دیا گیا
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— PTI (@PTIofficial) September 17, 2026
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan strongly condemned the detention of Raja and called for his immediate release.
In a statement, Gohar said that Raja had been kept in police custody at a police station for the past two hours, claiming that around 700 PTI workers had been arrested over the past few days and that arrest warrants had been issued against members of the National and Provincial Assemblies.
“This is all illegal; this must end now,” Gohar said.
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