Former minister, 52 PTI activists booked.

DERA GHAZI KHAN -- The police registered a case against 53 activists, including a former PTI provincial minister, with the Rajanpur city police for blocking the Indus Highway and chanting slogans against the government.

The police registered a case under sections 341, 506, 148, and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code, as well as the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Act of 1960-16, against former provincial minister Hasnain Bahadar Darishak and 52 other PTI Rajapur chapter activists on charges of blocking the inter-provincial Indus highway and chanting anti-government slogans.

Led by Mr Darishak, the activists held a protest demonstration against the government and blocked the Indus highway at Allahabad Chowk. They delivered...

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