KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi Climbs Police Van at Regal Chowk on Mall Road
Mian Nadeem | September 14, 2026 | 10:18 PM
"I am not harassing anyone; I am being harassed. I will move forward only after our workers are released," said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi.
LAHORE (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 14th Sep, 2026) The convoy of KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi reached Regal Chowk on Mall Road, where he climbed onto a police van.
Afridi stated, "I am not harassing anyone; I am being harassed." He further emphasized that he would proceed only after the release of his workers. He refused to leave the van, leading to police personnel driving away with him aboard.
Subsequently, a video began circulating on PTI-linked social media accounts showing a young man claiming to be Sohail Afridi’s guard shouting that Punjab Police had abducted the chief minister. The video quickly spread across Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s social media accounts locally and internationally.
Meanwhile, Punjab Police has launched an inquiry into why the driver drove away with the vehicle if Sohail Afridi entered it forcibly. Lahore Police sources, however, claimed that Afridi alighted from the police vehicle on Mall Road and left with his convoy. They stated that Lahore Police vehicles were providing security for the KP chief minister and that the van described as a “prison van” in some accounts is actually a routine patrol unit.
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