Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that some Afghan citizens had been detained during protests by Imran Khan's supporters in Islamabad.

Baloch said that the number and identity of the detainees will be announced soon by Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior.

At a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, November 29, Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baloch said that the participation of foreign nationals in political protests in Pakistan is "illegal". She stressed that foreigners should stay away from Pakistan's political affairs.

This is not the first time that Pakistani authorities have reported the arrest of Afghan citizens during protests in the country. Pakistani authorities had also announced the arrest of Afghans during protests by supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in mid-October.

Pakistan's interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, claimed at the time that Afghans were involved in the PTI protests, and that at least 120 of them had been arrested. However, PTI officials had denied the claim that Afghans were involved in the protests.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson has announced the arrest of Afghans in the recent protests while the Pakistani government has recently made living conditions difficult for Afghan refugees in the country. The Pakistani government also announced that Afghan refugees must obtain special permits to live in the country's capital.