ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and chief of staff of former prime minister Imran Khan, Shahbaz Gill has been arrested from Islamabad.
The news was confirmed on Tuesday by PTI leader Murad Saeed on his Twitter.
شہباز گل کو گرفتار کر لیا گیا۔ امپورٹڈ حکومت بوکھلاہٹ کا شکار
— Murad Saeed (@MuradSaeedPTI) August 9, 2022
“Shahbaz Gill has been arrested, ‘Imported government’ is panicking,” the former federal minister tweeted.
According to details, Shahbaz Gill was taken into custody when he was going to Bani Gala to meet PTI chairman Imran Khan.
Fawad Chaudhry said Gill was taken into custody by the personnel wearing civilian clothes, and he was tortured at Bani Gala Chowk.
He was dragged out of the vehicle, Fawad Chaudhry said and added they have no information who has arrested his party fellow and charges are yet to be unknown.
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former SAPM, Dr Shahbaz Gill had warned Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah of arrest if he failed to appear before a committee probing incidents of torture over Azadi March participant.
Dr Shahbaz Gill in his tweet said that the committee will initiate action in the upcoming few days in the May 25 torture incidents.