Pakistan province leaders of ex-PM Imran Khan’s party detained, junior minister says

ISLAMABAD, Oct 12 (Reuters) A provincial chief minister belonging to the ​party of Pakistan s ‌former Prime Minister Imran Khan and some of his cabinet members were ‌detained ​after the ⁠suspension of his ⁠government under emergency rule, the federal junior interior minister said on ​Monday. Yes, I can confirm that the ⁠chief minister (Sohail Afridi) ⁠and some of ​his cabinet members have ​been taken into preventive ‌custody, minister Talal Chaudhry told Reuters. If any of them have any ⁠cases to be tried against them, they will be ⁠charged ‌and tried but ⁠the others will ​be ‌released, he said, ​adding that ⁠the detentions happened on Sunday. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad, Writing by Hritam Mukherjee; Editing by YP ​Rajesh)