PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has not been detained, as was reported by media outlets earlier today, PTI leader Shireen Mazari said on Wednesday.
Earlier, reports emerged that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was detained.
Media reports claimed Qureshi has been detained for 15 days in accordance with Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960.
Earlier on Wednesday, the capital police arrested party secretary general Asad Umar.
Umar was heading to the Supreme Court to challenge Imran’s arrest, when he was taken into custody by the police in cases pertaining to causing damage to state property, according to the Islamabad police.
PTI’s official Twitter account shared videos of Umar’s arrest, which showed dozens of policemen surrounding and dragging him, presumably, towards a police van.
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Following Umar’s arrest, PTI leader Shireen Mazari said the IHC had become a “fertile ground to illegally arrest PTI leaders”.
“Fascism confirmed. They can’t get the terrorists but PTI leaders are now terrorists for cabal of crooks & the state? This is despicable,” she tweeted.
