Imran Khan condemns the government for treating detained PTI workers like ‘terrorists’

As Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) “Jail Bharo Tehreek” (court arrest movement) has entered its fourth day, the party’s Chairman Imran Khan Saturday sentenced the “fascist approach” of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government for giving his workers and leaders detained during the countrywide campaign like terrorists.

The movement, according to the PTI justification, aims to counter the “attack on constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights” and the “economic meltdown” by the incumbent government”.

The court arrest movement was launched on February 22. The party’s senior leaders, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, and Azam Swati, along with party workers voluntarily surrendered themselves to the Lahore police on the first day of the campaign — and later, some of the others followed suit.