PeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa police need the speaker’s approval to arrest lawmakers.
Imran Khan’s party says dozens of its leaders and workers are detained ahead of a 4 October march.
Section 11 of the 2026 privileges act makes magistrates and executive authorities seek the speaker’s permission, with reasons, before detaining a member.
“What an extraordinary version of ‘equality before law’,” Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi wrote on X.
The provincial cabinet approved a new police act, which the assembly has yet to pass.
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- Dawn leans critical
- frames as federal pushback against provincial overreach; quotes Interior Minister's objection to shields protecting MPAs from arrest
- Dawn leans critical
- reports CM's conciliatory tone on dialogue while warning of consequences; notes PTI march postponed to Oct 4