Senator Falak Naz Chitrali arrested in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The police in the federal capital have arrested a Chitrali senator belonging to the PTI on the charge of inciting people to violence after the arrest of party Chairman Imran Khan. 

Police said Senator Falak Naz Chitrali, among other PTI activists, was taken into custody outside the Supreme Court building and shifted to the Secretariat police station.

She was later shifted to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi along with 150 other PTI activists.

They have been detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) ordinance. 

A large number of PTI leaders and workers have been arrested after violence broke out in the country in the wake of  Imran Khan’s arrest. 

Angry mobs attacked and burnt key army offices and government buildings in different cities.

At least eight people were reportedly killed in clashes with law enforcement personnel in the country.