LAHORE: Former Punjab governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema’s wife, Rabia Sultan, was arrested by the police on Thursday as she appeared for her husband’s hearing at an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader was presented in the court today after his judicial remand had expired. Cheema’s wife was in the ATC to meet her husband.
Sultan was wanted for investigation in the Jinnah House attack case. They claimed that the former governor’s wife was present at the Jinnah House on May 9.
“Geofencing showed Rabia Sultan was present at the Jinnah House on May 9,” officials privy to the investigation said. They added that the police had been in search of Sultan for quite some time.
On May 9, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was arrested from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises. Following his arrest, countrywide protests were witnessed.
Enraged by the PTI chief’s arrest, party workers and supporters allegedly pillaged government and military installations.
To contain the violence, the government called in the army and announced that the protesters would be tried under army laws.
A large number of PTI workers and leaders have been arrested in a countrywide crackdown.
