PTI leader Ali Afzal Sahi arrested after securing bail from ATC,
LAHORE/Islamabad – Former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Tuesday said that he was kept in a cell where even his legs could not be stretched.
Speaking to the media, the president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said that he had been wearing the same shalwar-kameez for ten days, and was not receiving any medical treatment.
He said that no medical facility was provided to him. “Cardiology tests are only half way complete” he alleged.
Elahi reassured the public that he had never mistreated anyone during his tenure as chief minister of Punjab, nor did he consider anyone his enemy.
“It is because of my affiliation with the PTI that I am going through these circumstances and facing these cases,” he said. “But I remain a part of the PTI,” he clarified. He said that many people were playing double game.
Earlier,
Islamabad police on Tuesday arrested former provincial minister and PTI leader Ali Afzal Sahi as he came out of the court.
Ali Afzal Sahi was arrested from outside the Judicial Complex. Sahi had come to court to secure bail in the case registered at Golra Police Station in Islamabad.
The anti-terrorism court extended the interim bail of PTI leader, however, moment after he came out from the court, the ICT Police personnel arrested Sahi in other cases registered against him.
Separately, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) women wing leader Shabnum Jahangir was taken into custody at the Karachi airport when she was going to United Arab Emirates (UAE). She was travelling on a business visa to Dubai when she was stopped by the immigration officials at their counter.
Ms Jahangir was barred from leaving the country as her name was put on the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) stop list following the May 9 violence. She was also nominated in First Information Reports (FIR) registered over violence following the arrest the PTI chief in a corruption case.
The FIA has put names of several PTI leaders on no-fly list after cases were registered against them for attacking the public and military installations in various cities on May 9.
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