Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Central Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira directed workers from all over Punjab to reach Multan in any case.
In a statement issued from Lahore, Qamar Zaman Kaira said that the government knows that the police cannot be confined to homes.
He said that PPP Gujarat President Zia Mohi-ud-Din and his brothers have been detained for 30 days.
The PPP Central Punjab president further said that the general secretary of PPP Toba Tek Singh was also taken into custody.
He also said that workers reached Multan in any case despite police brutality.