Suspended KP CM Sohail Afridi held in preventive custody
Dawn reported that police have placed suspended KP chief minister Sohail Afridi, Junaid Akbar and Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati among eight people in preventative custody. No criminal charge has been named.
Dawn reported on Monday that suspended KP chief minister Sohail Afridi and some cabinet members are in preventative custody.
A senior police official told Dawn that eight people are in that custody, including Afridi, MNA Junaid Akbar and Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati.
Tallal Chaudhry told Reuters the detentions were on Sunday, that anyone with a case would be charged, and that the others would be released.
Dawn said sources had earlier described Afridi and Akbar as under house arrest under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order. No charge is named.