Imran Khan's party says official detained by law enforcement forces

The chief minister of Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a key aide of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was detained in Islamabad on Saturday by law enforcement agencies, Khan's party said.

Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur was leading a convoy of Khan supporters into Islamabad which clashed with police officers on Friday and Saturday.

He was detained by paramilitary and police forces after he arrived at the official residence of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister in Islamabad, Khan's spokesperson Zulfikar Bukhari told journalists.

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Leaders of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party earlier said Gandapur had been arrested by police. They later clarified that he had been taken into custody but not formally arrested.

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By Reuters