Islamabad Police has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, Falaknaz Chitrali, Musarrat Jamshed Cheema and Maleeka Bokhari had been arrested for “inciting violence”.
In a tweet, the police said, “Arrests had been made for inciting arson and violent protests under a well-thought out plan for threatening peace.”
It added that all arrests were made after fulfilling the legal requirements and warned that further arrests were also expected. It also asked people to “not spread rumours and incitement amongst the public”.
It is worth mentioning that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has claimed that its Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been “arrested” by the Islamabad police in the early hours of Thursday and transferred to an “undisclosed location”.
A video shared by the party on Twitter shows plain-clothed men taking Qureshi away, with him waving at party workers before departing from the location where he was detained.
Meanwhile, PTI has said party leader Fawad Chaudhry has been arrested outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad late on Wednesday.
The party’s statement said the arrest was carried out despite Chaudhry having been granted protective bail by the Islamabad High Court till May 12.
