RAWALPINDI: After placing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on house arrest under 3-MPO yesterday while Rawalpindi police took him into custody from Adiala jail in connection with a case related to May 9 violent protests.
Speaking to the media outside the prison, Qureshi said he was being arrested in a bogus case. “I am innocent and being politically victimised,” he added.
“Oppression, injustice. This is a mockery of the Supreme Court’s order. I am being subjected to political victimisation without any reason,” he added
Qureshi was implicated in cases related to May 9 riots that broke out following the arrest of PTI founder Imran Khan in a corruption case from the premises of Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier this year.
According to sources, Qureshi was arrested in a GHQ attack case and will be produced in an anti-terrorism court (ATC).
They said Qureshi was arrested by Rawalpindi police in the case after deputy commissioner Rawalpindi revoked the 3-MPO detention order issued a day earlier.
The PTI leader was shifted to a police station in Rawalpindi in an armoured vehicle by RA Bazar and Saddar police station officials.
Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Hasan Waqar Cheema issued Qureshi’s detention order a day earlier over his alleged involvement in the May 9 violent protests.
The detention was issued shortly before the issuance of his release orders by the Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain in the cipher case as the Supreme Court approved his bail in the state secrets case last week.
In a statement, the Rawalpindi police said they were asked to interrogate Qureshi in connection with May 9 cases, adding that the PTI leader was booked in cases related to the violent protests.
The police said Qureshi was granted bail in the cipher case but his 15-day detention order had been issued.
The detention order said the city police officer (CPO) had intimated via a letter that Qureshi was a member of a political party involved in anti-state activities and causing damage to public and private property.
