Eight to ten members of the opposition were arrested or disappeared prior to the Senate session.
Posted by Rauf Klasra, Checked
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Rauf Klasra@KlasraRaufOct 13, 2026The sources do not give a count of opposition members arrested or disappeared, so the 'eight to ten' figure cannot be checked. Dawn reports arrests of PTI members under the Maintenance of Public Order law, which partly fits the claim, but nothing ties the arrests to a figure of 8-10 or to the timing before the Senate session.
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What was said
… دیکھا حال ہے جو آپ کے ساتھ شیئر کرنا ہے وہاں پہ یہ توقع کی جا رہی تھی کہ آج فیئر ورک ہوگا اور اپوزیشن جو ہے وہ بڑے تیاری کے ساتھ ہے کی اور پی ٹی اے جو ہے اور بہت بڑا رولا پڑے گا وہاں پے اسطیفے دیں گے نہیں دیں گے، ہاؤس میں کوئی پہنچے گا نہیں پہنچی گا کیونکہ آٹھ دس بندے تو انہوں نے گرفتار کیوئے غیب کیوئے باقی وہ چھپوئے ہیں تو کس نے آنا تھا ہاؤس میں؟ تو آج وہاں پہ جو تقریر کی علامہ انہوں نے راجہ ناصر عباس صاحب نے تقریر کی بڑی انہوں نے اچھی خاصی سخت تقریر کی تو اس کا جواب دینے کے لیے بڑے عرصے بعد موسیٰ نقفی صاحب کو میں نے دیکھا وہ آج سینٹ آف پاکستان میں آئے ہوئے تھے یوسع روزہ …
What we found
Supports. Dawn reports arrests of PTI members under the Maintenance of Public Order law and calls the practice illegal, which is consistent with opposition members being arrested.[5]
Context. Sources on the Senate session confirm it runs to October 30, 2026, but do not address opposition arrests or the number of members involved.[6]
Context. Other sources (the 2018 DNC servers ruling, the 2020 Republican convention, the 1868 Johnson impeachment, the Ohio Senate item, and the Texas arrest-order story) concern different people, events and places, so they cannot test this claim.[1][2][3][4][7]
Context. The claimant's passage ('they arrested eight or ten people, and made some disappear, and the rest are hiding') is not evidence. The extraction turned 'they' into 'opposition members' and added 'prior to the Senate session', which the passage does not say.
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 3 not rated
- 1Republican Convention Night 3factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Donald Trump's 'missing' server comments get all of the ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson, 1868senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Mainstream Media vs. Mainstream Americaohiosenate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5PTI gives go-ahead for dialogue with govt - Newspaperdawn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Senate Session to continue until October 30, 2026minutemirror.com.pk · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Texas governor orders police to find and arrest Democrats ...abcnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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