ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court has approved a two-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President and former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in a attack on Judicial Complex Islamabad case.
He was taken into custody by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police after the ATC announced the reserved verdict.
A day earlier, it was reported liberty eluded Elahi as the former Punjab chief minister was taken into custody by CTD shortly after being released by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police in compliance with the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) order, according to well-placed sources.
The IHC had suspended the detention of Elahi under 3-MPO (Maintenance of Public Order) and ordered the Islamabad police to release him.
The seasoned politician was rearrested under 3-MPO by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police shortly after being released by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the LHC directives on September 1. The high court had declared Elahi’s detention at the hands of NAB “illegal” on August 1.
The sources privy to the matter said that the PTI president was rearrested by the personnel of the anti-terrorism division of the Islamabad police in a case relating to an attack on the Judicial Complex in the federal capital on March 18.
