PTI Leaders Reportedly Detained Ahead of Long March
Sajid Ali
Published September 20, 2026 | 08:57 PM
Reports indicate that MNA Ahsan Jamal Khan was arrested outside Parliament, while MNA Dawar Khan Kundi, MNA Mian Ghaus, Sanaullah Khan Masti Khel, and Senator Saifullah Niazi were also taken into custody.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Sep, 2026) A crackdown against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) central leadership, members of the National Assembly, and senators intensified in the Federal capital and various cities of Punjab ahead of the proposed protest long march on September 27.
Several leaders were reportedly detained one after another from Parliament Lodges and outside the National Assembly and shifted to undisclosed locations.
According to party spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram and other reports, MNA Ahsan Jamal Khan, elected from Mianwali, was arrested from directly outside the National Assembly building during an operation in Islamabad. MNA Mian Ghaus and MNA Sanaullah Khan Masti Khel were also reportedly taken into custody.
It was further learned that MNA Dawar Khan Kundi had also been detained. As part of the same crackdown, police and security agencies detained Senator Saifullah Niazi from inside Parliament Lodges and shifted him to an undisclosed location. It was also reported that Hamood bin Sami, the son of PTI leader Samiullah Chaudhry of Bahawalpur, had been arrested.
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