LAHORE: Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, the PTI president and former Punjab chief minister has been arrested again after an anti-terrorism court here ordered his release discharging him in a case of irregularities in the Lahore Master Plan 2050 on Sunday.
The PTI president was arrested in a terrorism case and transferred to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
Elahi’s counsel Sardar Abdul Razzaq told media that the PTI leader had been rounded up at least 12 times since June 1 following the May 9 protests, which broke out across the nation after party chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan’s arrest.
He was presented in the court on Sunday following his arrest by the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) in Rawalpindi a day earlier seeking his physical remand. The ACE had taken him into custody shortly after being released from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
Rana Intezar Hussain, the president of the Lahore Bar Association, appeared in the court on the former Punjab chief minister’s behalf.
The court earlier reserved its decision on the ACE’s request. It later dismissed the PTI president, discharging him in the case.
