Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Mandi Bahauddin Haji Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhry has been arrested on Thursday.
According to the 24NewsHD TV channel, the arrest took place in Mandi Bahauddin after Haji Imtiaz travelled from Islamabad to his constituency.
MNA Haji Imtiaz Ahmad Chaudhry was elected from Mandi Bahauddin's constituency of the National Assembly (NA) 68. He won the NA-68 seat with 166,093 votes. His opponent, Mushahid Raza of the PML-N, obtained 70,926 votes for the second position.
Chaudhry Imtiaz Ahmed Ranjha, son of Chaudhry Sultan Ahamd, was born in 1958 and received his Intermediate from Mandi Bahauddin. He has served the PTI as senior vice president.
He is an agriculturist and was a member of the District Council in 1983, 1991, and 1993. He was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) of the Punjab from PP-101 in 1997 till 1999.
He served as the Chairman of the Public Complaint Bureau with former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz from 2004 to 2007. From May 2012 to March 2013, he served as a political advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
During his tenure as MPA, he has worked for the education sector by promoting girls' schools and colleges in Mandi Bahuddin and providing all resources for the development of schools and colleges.
Reporter: Tayyab Saif