PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah Khan was arrested on Monday by the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF), sources in ANF Rawalpindi confirmed to DawnNewsTV.
The senior PML-N leader was arrested from the Lahore-Islamabad motorway near the Sukheki area, the sources said.
The ANF has not officially specified the charges on which Sanaullah has been picked up.
Details of the charges and the arrest will be issued soon, a source said.
PML-N leader Attaullah Tarrar told reporters that he had contacted Sanullah today. According to him, the PML-N provincial president was about to leave the Sukheki area to attend a meeting in Lahore.
The former provincial law minister was appointed president of PML-N Punjab in May this year.
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz blamed Prime Minister Imran Khan for the arrest, accusing him of being "directly behind" the arrest.
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