ISLAMABAD- Pakistan police raided the headquarters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party on Monday, a week after the military-backed government vowed to ban the political movement.
An AFP journalist at the scene saw the headquarters of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sealed off by officers, who led a number of party workers into waiting vans.
The Interior Ministry said PTI's digital media wing was raided by Islamabad police who arrested Raoof Hasan, a founding member of the party and head of its press department. "PTI is involved in anti-state propaganda," the ministry accused in a statement without giving further details.
Party chairman Gohar Ali Khan, a barrister, said he accompanied Hasan to the police station, after local media and PTI initially reported that he had also been arrested. "I was there for Raoof Hassan, he is our senior and I had to be there for him," the MP told media. "We are always ready for an arrest," he added.
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