The police raided PTI leader Murad Saeed’s house in Kabal town of Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, claims party. In the wake of the May 9 riots, the police have started arresting PTI leaders under the Maintenance of Public Order ordinance.

A video shared by the PTI on Twitter showed that elite force members of the police climbed the gate of Saeed’s house. But the PTI leader was not there.

The government has claimed that the PTI’s leadership backed the May 9 violent protests following former premier Imran Khan’s arrest. They have accused the central leadership of PTI of inciting the people to protest, which led to attack on state buildings.

In his tweet, Saeed claimed that he “talked about peace and is fallible — do not want to push my people in someone else’s fire.”

He described the raid as “an armed foray”, alleging that he did not bargain on the country’s honour and did not keep the nation’s honour in a mortgage. “Trampling our privacy is bound to be done.”

The party claimed that Saeed was facing serious life threats. In his video message a few days ago, he alleged that there were ill plans to “shoot him on sight” and the police would blame it on resistance shown by him during the arrest.

The former ruling party urged the international human rights community to raise their voice for him.