LAHORE: Senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, who was arrested during the wee hours of Wednesday morning reportedly on the basis of an FIR registered in Islamabad’s Kohsar Police Station, was produced before judicial magistrate Mudassir Hayat in Cantt Kutchery. The court granted his transit remand and ordered to present him in Islamabad court today.
During the course of proceedings, which were aimed at getting his transit remand, lawyers representing Fawad Chaudhry requested court to remove his handcuffs.
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Speaking on this occasion, Fawad Chaudhry said he was proud to be arrested for the same reason for which Nelson Mandela was arrested. He urged people to revolt against ‘present system’ to get real freedom.
He told the judicial magistrate that he hadn’t read the FIR registered against him, and that he was blindfolded when picked up from home.
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At the conclusion of today’s hearing, the court reserved judgment for a while, after which it approved transit remand of Fawad Chaudhry, and ordered police to produce him before Islamabad judge today. The court also ordered medical check-up of the PTI leader.
MM News has learnt that Fawad Chaudhry would be produced before Judicial Magistrate Waqas Ahmed Raja in Islamabad later today.
Arrest challenged in LHC:
The arrest of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry is reported to have been challenged in Lahore High Court. In the petition filed by Advocate Ahmad Pansota, it has been prayed that the PTI leader wasn’t even shown the FIR on the basis of which he was arrested. He took the ground that Fawad Chaudhry was himself a lawyer and a former federal minister.
