MANSEHRA: Police on Tuesday took into custody Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Mufti Kifayatullah under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) from his residence in Mansehra.
The police said a heavy contingent of personnel arrested him during a raid on his house in Mansehra
District Police Officer (DPO) Asif Bahadur said Mufti Kifayatullah was arrested under Section 3 of the MPO. He said the federal government had called for his arrest for issuing anti-state remarks.
The JUI-F leader had been hiding for the past two months, the police officer said.
On Jan 5, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Sanaullah Abbasi wrote a letter to the IGs of other provinces seeking their help for Kifayatullah’s arrest. He
added an FIR had been registered against him for making defamatory remarks against state institutions.
