Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf president Chaudhry Pervez Elahi arrested

By Press Trust of India: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf social gathering president Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, an in depth aide to former prime minister Imran Khan, was arrested outside his residence proper right here on Thursday, the social gathering acknowledged.

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

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

The spokesperson alleged that authorities moreover “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 attributable to non-prosecution vide order dated May 25 and he is not exhibiting sooner than the court docket docket and likewise not turning into a member of 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 docket docket order study.

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Elahi, who was an in depth aide to military dictator General Pervez Musharraf, was appointed as a result of the president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social gathering in March this 12 months after quitting his former social gathering – 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. His social gathering workers vandalised over 20 military installations and authorities buildings, along with the Lahore Corps Commander House, Mianwali airbase and the ISI developing in Faisalabad. The Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi was moreover attacked by the mob for the first time. Khan was later launched on bail.

The violence elicited a robust response from the federal authorities and armed forces with vows of taking movement in opposition to the culprits, leading to an ongoing crackdown in opposition to those involved.

Law enforcement companies have arrested over 10,000 workers of Khan’s Pakistan social gathering all through Pakistan, 4,000 of them from Punjab province.

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

Numerous days later, many distinguished leaders along with Fawad, Imran Ismail, Shireen Mazari, Fayyazul Hassan Chauhan, Firdaus Ashiq Awan and others cease Khan’s social gathering.

Khan, 70, who’s going by better than 100 situations ranging from corruption to terrorism, acknowledged he sympathises with everyone who’ve been compelled to depart the social gathering.

Earlier this month, the National Assembly, the lower dwelling of Pakistan’s Parliament, handed a choice vowing to attempt May 9 rioters beneath the current authorized tips along with the stringent Army Act and the Official Secrets Act.

Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, was ousted from vitality in April last 12 months after dropping a no-confidence vote in his administration, which he alleged was part of a US-led conspiracy concentrating on him on account of his unbiased worldwide protection alternatives on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

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Jun 1, 2023