In February 2019, Nangyal was arrested by the police from Islamabad along with over 20 other PTM activists including Gulalai Ismail during protests against the extrajudicial murder of one of the leaders of PTM, Arman Loni.[2][3] The arrests received widespread criticism in Pakistan and internationally, including condemnation from the President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, Amnesty International, and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[4][5][6]