Daily Times

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker Asma Rizvi was detained on Tuesday following a brawl with the security guards at Election Commission (EC) office in Karachi.

Rizvi was accompanying PTI candidate Dr Seema Zia who wanted to submit her nomination.

During the clash, the door panes of the office of the EC office were broken, after which Sindh Election Commissioner Yousuaf Khattak called the police and ordered the arrest of PTI worker Asma Rizvi, accusing her of breaking the glass doors.

Rizvi claimed that she wanted to enter the office but the guard at the gate asked her pay him first.

Large number of the PTI workers gathered outsidethe EC office and tried to enter it but the security guards stopped them. Later, PTI started protesting outside the office.

“A strict action would be taken if police did not act against the protesters,” said Khattak.

PTI leaders including Imran Ismail, Firdous Shamim Naqvi and others also reached the commission’s office after the clash.

Police contingents lead by Superintendent of Police (SP) Tauqir Naeem rushed to the site. “Election Commissioner has called the police and we will look into the matter and anyone who is involved would be dealt with according to the law,” SP Tauqir Naeem told journalists outside the EC office.

Published in Daily Times, June 12^th 2018.