2,520 activists of PTI, PAT detained under MPO in Punjab

18 Aug, 2014

At least 48 activists of PTI and PAT are still detained in Multan central prison for 90 days under section 3-Maintenance of Public Order, up to 73 activists were detained in Dera Ghazi Khan Central Jail, 80 in Muzaffarhgarh District Jail, Vehari District Jail 74, 40 in Rajanpur District Jail, 26 in Bahawalpur Central Jail, 20 in Bahawalnagar District Jail, 19 in Rahim Yar Khan.
As many as 2,520 office-bearers and activists of Pakistan Awami Tehreek and Tehreek-i-Insaf detained under 3-MPO ahead of 'Inqilab' and 'Azadi' marches across Punjab, are still languishing in 27 jails of the province and will remain there till further government orders. Official sources confirmed that 354 activists were detained in Gujranwala central jail, followed by Mianwali Central Jail 340, Sahiwal Central Jail 208, Sialkot District Jail 192, Sargodha District Jail 183, Gujarat District Jail 154, Rawalpindi Central Jail and Lahore District Jail 118 each, Faisalabad Central Jail 96, Jhang District Jail 94. Similarly, up to 67 in Shahpur, Khushab District Jail, 46 in Attock District Jail, 30 in Toba Tek Singh District Jail, 28 in Jhelum District Jail, and Faisalabad district jails, 13 in Mandi Bahauddin District Jail and nine in Sheikhupura District Jail. Statistics show as many as nine activists who were earlier detained by the Punjab police were later released from four jails. Four of them were released from Sahiwal Central Jail, three from Muzaffargarh District Jail and one each from Rawalpindi Central Jail and Vehari District Jail ahead of August 14.

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