Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Saturday challenged his arrest under MPO in Islamabad High Court.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi challenged his detention through his lawyer Abdul Razzaque.
He has made Secretary Interior, IG Police and others respondents in the plea filed in the court.
Therefore, Elahi requested the court to strike down his arrest under MPO and order his immediate release.
After his arrest, he was shifted to Attock Jail. Soon after he was taken to Islamabad, Islamabad’s Deputy Commissioner ordered his detention for 15 days under the Pakistan Maintenance of Public Order.
Furthermore, Islamabad administration issued the order and stated that the law-and-order situation could become worse due to Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, mentioned as a key office-bearer of the PTI.
Informing about Elahi’s arrest on X, (formerly Twitter), Islamabad Police on Friday wrote, “Pervez Elahi has been arrested under 3 MPO on the orders of the District Magistrate. Parvez Elahi is being transferred to jail.”
His arrest came after the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday directed the National Accountability Bureau to release Chaudhry Parvez Elahi. Elahi filed a petition against the NAB’s move to arrest him in a corruption case.
Lahore High Court Judge Amjad Rafiq announced the decision after Elahi was produced before the court.
Previously on Friday, during the day of hearing, Justice Rafiq warned NAB that the court will issue a warrant against the accountability body’s director-general if Elahi is not presented before the court today. He stated that a complete inquiry would be carried out into his arrest.
Judge Rafiq stated, “I am ordering to release Parvez Elahi on an immediate basis.”
On August 29, the former Punjab CM approached the court to challenge his detention and stated that his arrest breached the LHC’s orders restricting the authorities from arresting Elahi in any undisclosed FIR or pending inquiry.
NAB accused Chaudhry Parvez Elahi of taking more than 1 billion PKR as kickbacks through intermediaries in over 200 development projects in Pakistan’s Gujrat city.
Initially, on June 1 Elahi got arrested outside his house in a PKR 70 million graft case connected to the embezzlement of development funds announced for the Gujrat district.
Since then, he remained in prison on various charges. PTI President has been released multiple times after court’s orders.
However, he was immediately rearrested each time.
