Several farmers, including two well-known leaders, have been arrested over the ongoing chaos surrounding the purchase of wheat in the Punjab province.
Today, the Punjab Assembly will host a sit-in protest led by Vice President Sabir Niaz Kombuh's farmers alliance, Kisan Ittehad.
The Punjab Kisan Board confirms that the Chairman, Mian Abdul Rashid, has also been detained in Lahore by the police.
The protest is a reaction to the Punjab government's failure to initiate wheat procurement. Farmers from various cities have poured into Lahore. In preparation for the demonstration, the police have assembled several prisoner vans.
Outside the Punjab Assembly, water cannons were also set up by the police.
