ISLAMABAD : Police on Wednesday produced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry before the local court in Islamabad.
The PTI leader has been produced before the court of duty magistrate Naveed Khan and the counsels of the PTI and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have also reached the courtroom.
A large number of PTI leaders and workers are also present outside the court.
Police have reached Islamabad with senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry.
According to sources, Fawad Chaudhry will be shortly produced before the court in F-8 and a huge contingent of police has been deputed at the katchery.
The police high command through wireless call has directed the personnel to reach F-8 to avoid any untoward incident.
Arrest
The PTI leader was taken into custody from his residence in Lahore by police in the wee hours of Wednesday. His sudden arrest angered leaders of the PTI, including Hammad Azhar and Farrukh Habib, as they warned of launching countrywide protests if the location of Mr Chaudhry was not disclosed as they claimed that details about his arrest were not being shared.
It was revealed that the former information minister was arrested in a case registered by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Umer Hameed at the Kohsar police station of the capital city.
In his speech outside Imran Khan’s residence in Lahore, Fawad warned the Election Commission, its members and their families, according to the FIR. Fawad said that those who become part of the caretaker government would be pursued until they were punished. He had said that the people sitting in the government would be pursued to their houses.
Meanwhile, the PTI leaders have expressed concerns over the arrest of Fawad Chaudhry and announced to move the court against it.Earlier, thousands of PTI workers gathered outside PTI chief Imran Khan residence in Zaman Park, Lahore in the wee hours of Wednesday to protect their leader from possible arrest by the Punjab police
FIR: The PTI leader, according to the First Information Report (FIR), has been booked under sections 153A, 506 and 124 A of the PPC for allegedly threatening the ECP and its members in a televised interview on Tuesday. The FIR carries the excerpt of the former MNA’s statement wherein he alleged that the election commission had become a “Munshi” as the election commissioner signed things like a clerk after they were sent to him by the government
