The head of the leading political party was arrested on Thursday after his movement said it would join Islamic groups in protesting President Pervez Musharraf`s pro-US policies.
Mukhdoom Javed Hashmi, acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League, was arrested around 2 a.m. by a heavy contingent of the police that descended on the house where he was staying in the capital Islamabad.

A Pakistan government spokesman confirmed Hashmi`s arrest, but said he did not know what the charges were. Bureau Report