Pakistan opposition leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi was detained on Saturday, a spokesman said, part of a widening crackdown on the former ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
Qureshi, who served as foreign minister under ousted prime minister Imran Khan, was arrested in the capital Islamabad shortly after giving a press conference in which he vowed to challenge any delay to the country’s election in the courts.
Party spokesman Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for…