Following the protest schedule announced by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the Punjab government is preparing a list of MMA leaders and activists it will arrest in a couple of days, sources told Daily Times on Tuesday. The Punjab government had earlier detained about 76 political activists including three Lahore nazims and a naib nazim belonging to opposition parties under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) 3 to prevent them from participating in demonstrations. The men, who were detained for 30 days on Saturday and Sunday nights, were sent to Mianwali Central Jail. The political activists mainly belonged to the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and MMA. “However, it’s the MMA’s turn now,” sources added. Islampura Nazim Ilyas Khan (PML-N), Township Nazim Aslam Garha (PPPP), Santnagar Nazim Nazir Ahmed and Baghbanpura Naib Nazim Muhammad Younis were detained. Rasheed Ahmed Bhutta (PML-N) and Bodi Pehlwan (PML-N) were also among the detained men. Also, the Punjab government on Tuesday told the National Assembly that it had arrested three MNAs including Haneef Abbasi (PML-N) and Zamarud Khan (PPPP), both from Rawalpindi.