PTI leaders arrested in Karachi LG polls.

Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have been accused of creating disorder, rioting, violence and snatching of ballot papers during the second phase of the local body (LB) elections in Karachi, officials and party leaders said on Sunday.

Three leaders of the former ruling party have also been arrested by the police throughout the day, while a case has been registered against PTI Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (MPA) Adeel Ahmed.

Korangi DC staff, late Sunday night, registered a case against the PTI lawmaker over allegations of snatching ballot papers from the polling booth staff. Ahmed was arrested and taken to Shah Faisal Colony police station after the arrest.

Moreover, a PTI nominee for vice chairman UC 13, Amjad Afridi, was also taken into custody from Baldia Town for possession of weapons.

Along with the firearms, stolen ballot papers were also recovered from Amjad, police claimed. The police also accused Amjad of torturing the presiding officer (PO) at a polling station and snatching the ballot book from him.

In defence of the arrested nominees, PTI MPA Syed Afridi asserted that PTI leaders were being arrested unduly. 'Amjad Afridi had been trying to show police...