PTI senator Shibli Faraz Monday claimed that Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICT) encircled the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secretariat in Islamabad and arrested PTI chairman Barrister Gohar and party spokesperson Rauf Hasan.
A large contingent of Police reached outside the PTI secretariat along with women police personnel.
Shibli Faraz claimed that the PTI chairman and Rauf Hasan were arrested by the ICT Police.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar talking to SAMAA TV clarified he was not arrested by the ICT Police and only Raoof Hasan has been arrested.
Barrister Gohar reached Parliament House after the ICT Police face-off.
“Police took me in their official vehicle but later dropped me off at my residence,” he told SAMAA TV. Gohar said Police informed him that he wasn’t wanted in any FIR.
PTI chairman said he was not investigated in any matter.
Law enforcement personnel in action
The law enforcement agencies took action and arrested people involved in the propaganda including the PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan.
Sources claimed PTI digital media center has been working as the epicenter of disinformation. The sources further claimed that the raid was conducted on the tip-off by PTI international social media activists.
Read more: PTI central secretariat sealed
On May 24, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) sealed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Secretariat. The operation, conducted in collaboration with the district administration, involved anti-encroachment teams equipped with heavy machinery deployed at the site, located in Sector G-84.
According to a CDA spokesperson, the plot in question was allotted to an individual named Sartaj Ali. However, violations of building by-laws, including the construction of an additional floor, were noted. The political party had also reportedly encroached on the adjacent land.
On June 4, Islamabad High Court ordered authorities to immediately de-seal Tehreek-e-Insaaf's central office in the federal capital Islamabad.
Islamabad High Court Justice Thaman Rifat Imtiaz issued a reserved verdict. The court accepted PTI's plea against the Capital Development Authority CDA.
It should be noted that on June 3, the Islamabad High Court reserved its decision on the petition against sealing the central secretariat of PTI and the CDA operation.
Earlier on May 27, the IHC removed the objection of the registrar's office on the petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the sealing of the party's central secretariat and the operation of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). The directive was issued.
In the petition filed by the PTI leader, it was requested that CDA's order to seal the Central Secretariat should be annulled.
