Karachi police detain 33 PTM workers in anticipation of 'law and order situation'.

KARACHI -- Karachi police on Sunday detained several workers of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), who had gathered in Sohrab Goth to make arrangements for an upcoming event to mark the death anniversary of PTM leader Arman Loni in Sohrab Goth.

Loni was allegedly killed during a sit-in in Loralai, Balochistan on Feb 3, 2019. Following his death, Loni's family and members of PTM had maintained that he was killed in a police crackdown and demanded that the Balochistan government take notice of his death. However, a later report did not find any marks of violence or injuries on the deceased's body.

Speaking to media, Karachi Additional IG Ghulab Nabi Memon confirmed that "police had taken action against the PTM activists" on Sunday.

According to the official, some of the workers had made "anti-state speeches a few days ago on the basis of which an FIR was registered against them at the Sohrab Goth police station". He added that the party was again trying to organise a rally in Karachi on Feb 9.

A corner meeting was held in this connection on Sunday, he pointed out. 'Police, anticipating the law and order situation in the city, arrested 33 [people] including three who were nominated in the FIR lodged a few days ago in Sohrab Goth,' the police chief said.

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