Imran says 'enough is enough' as PTI activist Azhar Mashwani nabbed.

LAHORE -- PTI social media activist Azhar Mashwani was picked up on Thursday, apparently on charges of criticising the Punjab police and the caretaker government for allegedly using high-handed tactics against party workers.

The arrest of Mr Mashwani, a former focal person for digital media in Punjab, prompted PTI chief Imran Khan to say, 'enough is enough', as he accused the authorities of abducting the party activist.

'Enough is enough. Police in Punjab and Islamabad are breaking all laws with impunity as they target PTI. Today Azhar Mashwani was abducted in the afternoon from Lahore and his whereabouts are unknown,' the former prime minister tweeted on Thursday and demanded Mr Mashwani's immediate release.

On March 18, Senator Shibli Faraz and Omar Sultan were 'badly beaten' by Islamabad police, Mr Khan said, insisting that they both had permission to be inside the Judicial Complex, where the PTI chief went to attend a hearing in the Toshakhana case day.

Mr Khan said his nephew, Hassaan Niazi, was abducted immediately after getting bail and later charged with 'sham FIRs' to keep him locked up.

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