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After storming a youth convention of the Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI), police arrested several workers of the Awami Muslim League (AML) from Lal Haveli late on Thursday, reported Waqt News.

Media footage showed workers being dragged out of Lal Haveli, an old building in downtown Bohar Bazaar that serves as AML’s political office in Rawalpindi.

In Islamabad, police had baton charged and arrested scores of PTI activists, who had gathered for a youth convention, nearly a week before the party’s planned ‘lockdown’ of the federal on November 2.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan, after the arrests of party activists, had announced nationwide protests on Friday.

“We are going to protest all over Pakistan tomorrow for the way they've manhandled our workers, including our women,” said Imran.

Few hours before Imran Khan’s press conference, AML chief Sheikh Rasheed, had said he would "tear apart Section 144 into 144 pieces".

"On Nov 2, Rawalpindi will be closed down no matter what anyone does," Rasheed told reporters, adding, "From Chandi Chowk till Islamabad, people will come out onto the streets."