Malak Saeed Anwar, an independent contestant from NA-42 and PK-109, was arrested after he was nominated in a first information report registered with the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), he added.

Earlier, sources said that Anwar was arrested for accusing institutions of forcing voters to join the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F).

The accused was contesting independently after he defected from the JUI-F who refused him a party ticket, they added.

The police arrested Anwar in the Kotkai area as he was traveling to Tank from Sararogha.

Meanwhile, a 15-member Jirga set off to meet the deputy commission of Upper South Waziristan as people announced protests in Kotkai and Tank.