LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi sat in a police van in protest after PTI Lahore president Mian Akram Usman and Shabbir Gujjar were detained by police, ARY News reported.
After Sohail Afridi sat in the police van, police personnel drove the vehicle away.
Police later dropped the KP chief minister at Lakshmi Chowk.
Mian Akram Usman and Shabbir Gujjar were detained by police in Lahore.
Earlier, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has ordered the blocking of passports of 24 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers in a case registered at Kohsar Police Station.
ATC Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain issued the order after police requested that the passports of the accused be blocked.
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi is among those whose passport has been ordered blocked. Other lawmakers named in the order include Asad Qaiser, Shehram Khan Tarakai, Junaid Akbar, Shahid Khattak, Omar Ayub and Babar Saleem.
The list also includes Zubair Wazir, Shah Ahad, Sher Ali Arbab, Iqbal Afridi, Dr Amjad, Arshad Umarzai, Zar Alam, Mian Umar, Akhtar Khan, Humayun Khan, Riaz Khan, Abdul Kabir Khan and Tufail Anjum.
Asif Mehsud, Ajab Gul, Muhammad Usman, Irfan Saleem, Advocate Ali Zaman and Malik Shehab are also among those whose passports have been ordered blocked.
According to the court order, the available record shows that the accused have been nominated in the case.
The investigation officer told the court that the accused could flee the country to evade legal proceedings.
The court noted that the accused face serious allegations, including attacks on state institutions and promotion of terrorism.
The court further observed that the accused had failed to appear before it. Those who had obtained interim bail had also not joined the investigation, according to the order.
The court approved the investigation officer’s request to block the passports of the accused and directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)
