ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday strongly and unequivocally condemned the alleged fascist actions unleashed by police in Sindh and Punjab, where PTI leaders and workers were unlawfully detained and subjected to brutal torture.
The party said these acts of violence and illegal detention were carried out through the deliberate misuse of the Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO) Ordinance. In a statement issued by the PTI Central Media Department (CMD), the party said PTI Member of the Sindh Assembly Wajid Hussain was brutally tortured inside a Korangi police station, while PTI Karachi Division President Raja Azhar and Senior Vice President Fahim Khan were also subjected to violent custodial treatment by the Sindh Police.
The statement also condemned the detention of PTI Farmer Wing leaders in Punjab, describing these acts as utterly condemnable and intolerable. The party stated that among those unlawfully detained are SVP PTI Sindh Maula Bux Soomro, Mubashir Hafizul Haq, KMC Parliamentary Leader, senior office-bearers, and workers, adding that PTI Town Chairman Gohar Khatak and other workers were currently held in Malir and Central Jail, Karachi.
The party revealed that over 250 PTI workers in Sindh have been illegally detained under the 3-MPO Ordinance for 30 days, starting from 1st February, without lawful justification, due process, or any credible threat to public order. The PTI condemned the continued blanket use of the 3-MPO against peaceful political workers as a gross misuse of the ordinance, which was never intended to suppress political dissent. The party demanded the immediate identification and strict accountability of all police officials involved in this gruesome and inhumane act.
The party said that late last night, Raja Azhar and Fahim Khan were unlawfully arrested and taken to a police station in Korangi. The statement added that when the elected MPA from the same constituency, Wajid Hussain, arrived at the station to inquire about his colleagues, all three were subjected to prolonged, brutal, and inhumane torture by police officials.
“Following this custodial assault, MPA Wajid Hussain was forcibly abandoned at a deserted location an act that constitutes criminal intimidation and a grave assault on democratic representation,” the statement said. The PTI stated that even today, when its members attempted to raise this grave matter on the floor of the Sindh Assembly, they were deliberately silenced: microphones were switched off, parliamentary norms violated, and elected representatives denied their constitutional right to speak.
“In a deeply disturbing moment, MPA Wajid Hussain was compelled to remove his shirt in the Assembly to show visible marks of torture - yet even then, he was not allowed to place the truth on record,” the statement added.
The party stated that, adding insult to injury, was that PPP ministers were seen laughing and mocking at the ordeal, turning the violence inflicted upon a fellow elected representative into a spectacle; such conduct, the party added, is a blatant disgrace to parliamentary ethics and a stain on the dignity of the Sindh Assembly.
The PTI declared that this shameful episode reflects gross contempt for elected representatives, an open violation of the Constitution of Pakistan, a desecration of the sanctity of the Sindh Assembly, and a complete erosion of democratic values in Sindh. It said if a sitting MPA is unsafe inside a police station and voiceless inside the Assembly, one must ask: where does justice stand for the common citizen?
The party demanded immediate, transparent, and exemplary action against all police officers and officials involved in the custodial torture and illegal detention, warning that silence over the violation of an MPA’s parliamentary privilege raises serious questions about the intentions and moral standing of the Sindh government. “This oppression, violence, and systematic silencing of voices will not go unanswered. The PPP government must remember that times change swiftly, and the normalization of such brutality will remain a permanent black mark on its hollow claims of democracy,” the party said.
