Dramatic scenes unfolded today as PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry ran frantically to avoid arrest by police following his release by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in another case.
The former information minister was about to leave with his lawyers after being granted bail by the Islamabad High Court when Anti-Terrorism Squad personnel attempted to apprehend him in another case.
After seeing the cops, Fawad Chaudhry, an Imran Khan close aide, ran out of his vehicle in a desperate attempt to enter the court premises to avoid police arrest; however, police pursued him while the entire incident was covered by media.
سپریم کورٹ کے سینئر وکیل فواد چوہدری کو پہلے ضمانت کے باوجود سپریم کورٹ کے احاطے سے بغیر کسی وارنٹ کے اغواء کیا گیا اور اب انہیں اسلام آباد ہائیکورٹ سے ضمانت ملنے کے باوجود ایک مرتبہ پھر اغواء کرنے کی کوششیں جاری ہیں۔#PakistanUnderFascism pic.twitter.com/a3tgyxqz2Y
— PTI (@PTIofficial) May 16, 2023
Later, the cops took position at all entry and exit points of the court.
فواد چوہدری کی رہائی کے بعد دوبارہ گرفتاری کی کوشش۔۔
پی ٹی آئی رہنما بھاگ کر واپس عدالت پہنچ گئے۔۔— Waseem Abbasi (@Wabbasi007) May 16, 2023
Earlier in the day, the court ordered the release of several PTI leaders, including Fawad Chaudhry, Shireen Mazari, and others, ruling that their detention was illegal.
The former minister was detained last week as he appeared in the Supreme Court, where he had sought refuge to avoid arrest after the government launched a crackdown on PTI leaders following Imran Khan’s arrest for vandalism and clashes at civil-military installations.
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Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician and a senior member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, who was Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, in office from 14 April 2021 to 10 April 2022.
Previously, he held the office of Federal Minister for Science and Technology. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He is a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf‘s core committee since 4 June 2019.
