JUI-F leader Mufti Kifayatullah arrested from Islamabad ahead of Azadi March

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F leader Mufti Kifayatullah has been arrested from Islamabad reportedly for issuing inflammatory statements against the national institutions.

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Deputy Secretary Information JUI-F Aslam Ghouri confirmed the developmet on Sunday saying Mufti Kifayatullah was taken into custody from Islamabad’s Sector E-11 last night.

According to details, the JUI-F leader was arrested under 3-MPO by Mansehra police. He is the third leader to have been detained from the federal capital in the past few days ahead of Azadi March.

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Last Monday, police arrested Maulana Shafiq-ur-Rehman and Maulana Muhammad Irshad from Shams Colony and seized banners for the JUI-F sit-in from their possession.

Police alleged that the duo were urging people to participate in the “Azadi march” being organised by the JUI-F against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman would lead caravans from Sindh towards Islamabad after addressing a big rally in Karachi's Sohrab Goth today.