Asad Qaiser sent on judicial remand
Fawad’s wife Hiba posted on her X account that her husband had been arrested and taken to an unidentified location, The former minister’s brother and lawyer Faisal Chaudhry also posted on his account that Fawad had been “abducted” from his house in Islamabad while having breakfast by some “uniformed and plain clothes personnel”.
He further claimed that despite his repeated insistence, they did not show any arrest warrant or order.
Fawad Chaudhry has been reportedly arrested in a case registered at the Aabpara police station. The FIR also includes names of other senior PTI leaders.
His wife said, adding that he had been shifted to some undisclosed location.
According to his brother, police detained Fawad from outside his house and drove him away, as it is not clear yet under which charges he has been arrested.
The former cabinet member, who remained a vocal advocate of the PTI chairman, is active on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, after leaving the former ruling party but hasn’t been actively involved in political activities.
Despite the IPP and the PML-N showing a soft approach towards each other, Fawad has been critical of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members.
A judicial magistrate in Islamabad ordered senior PTI leader Asad Qaiser to send prison on Saturday, who was arrested a day earlier.
The court ordered to send Asad Qaiser to prison after which Islamabad Police shifted him to Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail.
Earlier, an Anti-Corruption Establishment Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s team had taken the former speaker of the National Assembly into custody over embezzlement charges.
The magistrate, Qudratullah, also directed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s top anti-graft department to complete the legal requirements within a week.
On Friday, Qaiser was shifted to Bani Gala Police Station for further interrogation in connection with his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal of Gajju Khan Medical College, Swabi.
Last week, Qaiser and Ali Muhammad Khan held a meeting with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to condole with him on the sad demise of his mother-in-law while also discussing the prevailing political situation in the country.
