Again, intellectual dishonesty.
Stop these stupid comparisons.
Tell me one N or MQM or PPP leader who was arrested based on made up anti-state statements by the civilian government. Name one...go on.
The charges against everyone who was arrested were of corruption or other such misappropriation. You have a charge of corruption against any PTI leader, by all means go ahead and arrest them. Inhon nay airi choti ka zor laga lia hai, right after the government changed, the PMO was shut for 3 weeks while babus from Estab Division went about trying to find something against IK but they couldn't. Kakh bhi nhn mila tha inhain. Officers and people working there were actually sent on leave and only called when the babus had any questions for them.
There is a corruption case, investigate and arrest. Through NAB or FIA or whoever. But N cannot find any case against them, so they are resorting to these tactics of sedition and treason and other such BS.
As for the period of the arrests, I know 2 people (no political affiliation at all) who were arrested by NAB and jailed for 2 years. The IO himself said that hamaray pas kuch hai nhn aap kay khilaf, aap plea bargain kar lain and we can let you go free, ham nay bas recovery dikhani hai. In the end, the High Court released them on bail. These are non-political persons...point being, NAB arrests everyone and keeps them locked up for absurd periods of time.
The NAB system is flawed...at that point I agree that arresting someone for 3 years without any court order is stupid, especially on a corruption case. Have their name on the ECL or whatever, but why arrest.