PTI's Sher Afzal Marwat arrested outside Parliament House

The Islamabad police arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Sher Afzal Marwat outside the Parliament House building just a day after the embattled party staged a power show in the federal capital.

The federal capital police said PTI leaders Omar Ayub Khan and Zartaj Gul Wazir would also be taken into custody.

Marwat resisted the arrest and asked the police to show his arrest warrant.

Heavy contingents of police were deployed outside the parliament while all entry and exit routes to the Red Zone were also closed from D-Chowk, Nadra Chowk, Serena, and Marriott, except for Margala Road.

However, PTI MNA Ali Muhammad Khan was not taken into custody by the police when he departed from the parliament.

Marwat was arrested for violating regulations devised under a new law —Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Bill, 2024, sources told Geo News, adding that the PTI lawmaker was accused of clashing with police personnel a day earlier.