Chaudhry says Afridi is in preventive custody, not under arrest
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry told Reuters that now-suspended KP chief minister Sohail Afridi and some cabinet members were taken into preventive custody on Sunday.
Talal Chaudhry told Reuters that Sohail Afridi and some cabinet members were taken into preventive custody on Sunday.
He said anyone with a case will be charged and tried, and the others will be released.
Dawn reported that a senior police official confirmed eight people in preventative custody, including Afridi, Junaid Akbar and Speaker Babar Saleem Swati.