According to his lawyer, Imran Riaz’s assistant was arrested at Lahore airport on Wednesday morning while on his way to Saudi Arabia for Hajj.
“He was arrested by unknown persons and police officers,” lawyer Azhar Siddique told Dawn.com.
“Imran Riaz has taken bail in all the cases registered against him,” Anker’s lawyer said.
As a result, Siddiq approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) to get the details of the First Information Report (FIR) regarding Rahz’s arrest. You don’t even have to settle into a chair to listen to it.
The petition said that Riaz was about to go to Saudi Arabia for Hajj from Lahore, when “many innocent officials from various agencies came and arrested him without giving any information” and “took him to an unknown place. known”.
“There is no information about how the FIR was used to arrest the Petitioner before 11.06.2024, so the date on which the respondent will be summoned by this Court and inform this Court that the FIRs are clearly illegal and warrantless. “Registered against the petitioner due
He also added that Riaz’s name was removed from the Exit Control List on June 11.
The petition seeks to get the plea and put up the details of the FIR of the police, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the home secretary and the Anti-Corruption Agency.
Separately, Riaz’s brother has filed another petition at the LHC, seeking immediate release of the applicant from “illegal and wrongful detention” and his trial. This is fixed for hearing before Judge Amjad Rafique.
In a request seen by Dawn.com, Inspector General of Punjab, Lahore Metropolitan Police, Cantt Superintendent of Police, Director of FIA and Director of Cyber Crime Wing responded to the case.
It said Riaz had stopped traveling abroad “unlawfully and illegally” and was being held in “unlawful and illegal” detention.
Earlier this year, Riaz was arrested in the Dhrabi Lake deal case in Chakwal and was later granted bail by a special court. However, the candidate was arrested again in another incident related to violence outside the house of PTI founder Imran Khan’s Zaman Park.
On March 10, the anti-terrorism court granted him post-arrest bail with a surety bond of $200,000.
Meanwhile, the PTI termed Riaz’s arrest as “truly despicable” and demanded his release.
“This once again shows the complete destruction of Pakistan’s moral values in the last two years,” the party said in an article on X.
“Is hajj now a crime in Pakistan?”
PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat said he was speechless and strongly condemned the arrest
