Pakistan police detain dozens of Imran Khan’s supporters in Islamabad

‘Police have raided a youth convention for opposition leader Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) party in the capital, Islamabad, arresting dozens of activists ahead of a planned protest.
Images on local news channels showed police in uniform beating activists with batons and leading those detained away to waiting buses.
“All of a sudden police arrived and started arresting people,” media outlets quoted Anila Khawaja, a spokeswoman for PTI as saying. Several PTI leaders and lawmakers have been infuriated by the police raid.’
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