Quetta: A judicial magistrate’s court on Sunday handed over Barrister Hassaan Khan Niazi, to Punjab police on a seven-day transitory remand.
Hassam Khan Niazi is a leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the nephew of former prime minister Imran Khan.
The Punjab police had reached Quetta to take Hasan Niazi into custody in an attempted murder case registered against him at Lahore’s Race Course police station.
Niazi had been arrested by the Quetta police under Section 3 of the MPO (Maintenance of Public Order) late Saturday, hours after being granted bail.
He had been apprehended for attacking police officers and causing chaos near the Judicial Complex in G-11, Islamabad.
Today, during a hearing at the judicial magistrate’s court in Quetta, the PTI leader was summoned to the judge’s chamber and later given into Punjab police’s custody, who had sought his transitory remand to present him in a Lahore court.
The Punjab Home Department had made a request via a letter to the government of Balochistan for Niazi’s custody following his arrest last night.
The letter stated that Niazi had been booked in an attempt to murder case registered in the Race Course Police Station in Lahore. At this, the Balochistan government released orders for handing over Niazi to Punjab police.
The Balochistan Home Department directed the police to fulfil all the legal requirements and make arrangements for foolproof security for the transfer of the PTI leader.
Don’t know why I was locked up: Niazi
Speaking to media persons in district kachehri, Niazi said Punjab is his home and it doesn’t matter wherever the police take him.
“I don’t understand why I was locked up under three MPO after the release order,” he said, adding that this too shall pass.
Congratulating the PTI chief on holding a “successful” public gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan a day earlier, Niazi said the people who attended the jalsa once again showed Imran Khan was the most popular leader.
Niazi’s arrest is part of an ongoing crackdown on PTI workers who the police claim have assaulted law enforcement personnel while they were performing their duties in Islamabad.
