Islamabad, July 15 -- Amnesty International has accused Pakistani authorities of increasingly using administrative detention laws to suppress peaceful dissent, calling for the immediate release of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Zubair Shah Agha, Baloch activist Syed Bibi Baloch, and journalist Ahmad Farhad.

In a post on X, Amnesty International said Zubair Shah Agha, a core committee member of the PTM, was arbitrarily detained on June 28 after attending a press conference in Quetta organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC). The event focused on the sentencing of Baloch rights activist Mahrang Baloch.

According to Amnesty, Zubair Agha has since been held under Section 3 of Pakistan's Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordin...