PTI leader Farrukh Habib, brother, four others arrested in Gwadar

Authorities have achieved yet another success in their ongoing crackdown on the PTI leaders and workers following the incidents of violence of May 9 as now they have succeeded in picking up a party stalwart and former federal minister Farrukh Habib, his brother and four others, who had gone into hiding, from Gwadar, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

According to reports, all six of them have been shifted to an undisclosed location.

Confirming the news, the party’s spokesman has said that one man dressed in a police uniform and seven to eight men in plainclothes came to the place where Farrukh was staying along with five others and whisked them away without arrest warrants.

The spokesman has expressed the hope that all those taken into custody would be produced in a court of law as per law.   

It was only yesterday that permanent arrest warrants had been issued for another PTI leader Azam Swati in the case of making controversial tweets.

Former Minister of State and President PTI West Punjab, Farrukh Habib
has been abducted. His only 'crime' is his unwavering loyalty to Chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and his refusal to compromise on the interests of our nation. We demand his immediate release… pic.twitter.com/vkhuryjOxf

— PTI (@PTIofficial) September 27, 2023

LHC moved for Farrukh Habib’s recovery

Another brother of Farrukh Habib on Thursday filed an application in Lahore High Court (LHC) for the “recovery” of the PTI leader.

An LHC single bench will hear the plea which makes federal and provincial governments as respondents.

 

Reporters: Kifayat Ali Shah and Malik Ashraf