WEB DESK
Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry was arrested by Islamabad Police from Lahore in the wee hours of Wednesday under the charges of talking against Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and its members.
A case had been registered against Fawad Chaudhry in Islamabad’s Kohsar police station on the application of ECP secretary; who blamed PTI leader for talking against the commission and chief election commissioner.
The first information report (FIR) was filed against him for his speech where he allegedly stated that the status of the ECP is the same as a ‘secretary’ and the ‘chief election commissioner signs documents like a clerk’.
The former minister was arrested shortly after he held a press conference in Lahore, where he threatened the members of the ECP and their families with repercussions if “those involved in the May 25 incident,” were appointed (in Punjab caretaker setup) or retained in their positions.
He also strongly criticized the appointment of Mohsin Naqvi as Punjab’s caretaker chief minister and stated that “those who are being appointed as the caretaker of [Punjab] government will be followed until they are punished”.
He also reported having lodged a formal complaint with the ECP against the appointment of those directly involved in the crackdown in Punjab.
Islamabad Police had taken the ex-minister to Lahore Cantt Kutchery, where he would be produced before the court.
Strict security arrangements were taken with the deployment of an additional police force in and outside the courtroom.
PTI leader Farukh Habib in his tweet said that Fawad had been apprehended from his residence.
Farukh Habib also shared two video clips that showed two vehicles in which Fawad was taken away.
The arrest was also confirmed by Fawad’s brother who tweeted that his sibling had been arrested from Lahore and was taken away by unidentified men in vehicles without number plate.
