Police raid Farrukh Habib's in-laws' residence in Lahore.

LAHORE -- The Punjab police on Saturday raided Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Farrukh Habib's residence of in-laws in a bid to arrest former state minister, media reported.

According to details, police operations were underway to arrest the PTI leaders ahead of the party's Minar-e-Pakistan Rally on Saturday.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) released a statement, stating that the police officials harassed Farrukh Habib's family members after they failed to arrest him from his in-laws' residence.

Earlier in the day, the Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the party workers are being arrested ahead of Minar-e-Pakistan Rally.

As per details, the PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that despite the Lahore High Court orders to hold political gatherings the government has placed containers in different parts of the city to create hurdles for PTI workers.

He stated that...

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