PTI PRESIDENT PERVAIZ ELAHI ARRESTED FROM HIS RESIDENCE IN LAHORE

Thu 01 June 2023:

A senior aide to former prime minister Imran Khan, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was detained outside of his residence on Thursday, the party said.

“Shameful how the regime doesn’t stop their fascism. The inflation has skyrocketed to 38%, and their response is to arrest former CM Punjab Parvez Elahi. Absolutely ridiculous!” the party tweeted along with a video in which the 77-year-old leader was seen being dragged by security personnel from his residence, Zahoor Elahi.

The former Punjab chief minister was arrested as he was leaving his house, the Dawn newspaper reported, quoting Elahi’s spokesperson Iqbal Chaudhry.

PTI President Chaudhry Pervez Elahi arrested. pic.twitter.com/3AL8brGBAg

— Jaishaal Santosh Bugti (@JaishaalBugti) June 1, 2023

The spokesperson alleged that authorities also “misbehaved” with women accompanying Elahi, who had been evading arrest since May 9.

On May 26, a district court in Lahore issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Elahi.

“The pre-arrest bail of the accused was dismissed due to non-prosecution vide order dated May 25 and he is not appearing before the court and also not joining the investigation. In view of the request of the IO, let non-bailable arrest warrants of accused Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi be issued for June 2, 2023,” the court order read.

Elahi, who was a close aide to military dictator General Pervez Musharraf, was appointed as the president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in March this year after quitting his former party – the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).

On May 9, violent protests erupted after the arrest of Khan, Chairman of PTI, by paramilitary Rangers in Islamabad.

Following the May 9 incidents, several senior leaders of Khan’s party were taken into custody. The leaders included Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Fawad Chaudhry, Asad Umar, Dr Yasmeen Rashid, Shireen Mazari, Maleeka Bukhari, and Fayyazul Hassan Chauhan.

A few days later, many prominent leaders including Fawad, Imran Ismail, Shireen Mazari, Fayyazul Hassan Chauhan, Firdaus Ashiq Awan and others quit Khan’s party.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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